[288D Appointment of solicitor by court in such cases]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[288D  Appointment of solicitor by court in such cases]

[(1)     This section applies in the case of proceedings [(other than proceedings in a JP court)] in respect of a sexual offence to which section 288C above applies.

(2)     Where the court ascertains that—

(a)     the accused has not engaged a solicitor for the purposes of[—]

[(i)     the conduct of his case at, or for the purposes of, any relevant hearing (within the meaning of section 288C(1A)) in the proceedings; or]

[(iii)     the conduct of his case at any commissioner proceedings; or]

(b)     having engaged a solicitor for those purposes, the accused has dismissed him; or

(c)     the accused's solicitor has withdrawn,

then,

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