[234B Drug treatment and testing order]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[234B  Drug treatment and testing order]

[(1)     This section applies where a person of 16 years of age or more is convicted of an offence, other than one for which the sentence is fixed by law, committed on or after the date on which section 89 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 comes into force.

(2)     Subject to the provisions of this section, the court by or before which the offender is convicted may, if it is of the opinion that it is expedient to do so instead of sentencing him, make an order (a “drug treatment and testing order”) which shall—

(a)     have effect for a period specified

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