[275A Disclosure of accused's previous convictions where court allows questioning or evidence under section 275]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[275A  Disclosure of accused's previous convictions where court allows questioning or evidence under section 275]

[(1)     Where, under section 275 of this Act, a court [(or, in proceedings before a commissioner appointed under section 271I(1) or by virtue of section 272(1)(b) of this Act, a commissioner)] on the application of the accused allows such questioning or admits such evidence as is referred to in section 274(1) of this Act, the prosecutor shall forthwith place before the presiding judge any previous relevant conviction of the accused.

(2)     [Subject to subsection (2A) any] conviction placed before the judge under subsection (1) above shall, unless the accused objects, be—

(a)     in proceedings on indictment, laid before the jury;

(b)     in summary proceedings, taken into consideration by the judge.

[(2A)     Where the conviction is a relevant conviction by virtue of subsection (10)(aa)(ii), subsection (2) applies only if the judge considers it appropriate.]

(3)     An extract of [a conviction referred to in subsection (2)] may not be laid before the jury or taken into consideration by the judge unless such an extract was appended to the notice, served on the accused under section 69(2) or, as the case may be, 166(2)

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