[271B Further special provision for child witnesses under the age of 12]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[271B  Further special provision for child witnesses under the age of 12]

[(1)     This section applies where a child witness—

(a)     is to give evidence at, or for the purposes of, [a hearing in relevant criminal proceedings] in respect of any offence specified in subsection (2) below, and

(b)     is under the age of 12 on the date of commencement of the proceedings in which [the hearing] is being or to be held.

(2)     The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are—

(a)     murder,

(b)     culpable homicide,

(c)     . . .

(d)     any offence which involves an assault on, or injury or a threat of injury

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