New Clause 28

Criminal Jurisdiction Of Sheriff Court

'. The following subsection shall be inserted at the end of each of sections 3 and 288 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 to form subsection (4) and subsection (5) respectively of these sections—
 '( ) Where an offence is alleged to have been committed in one district in a sheriffdom, it shall be competent to try that offence in a sheriff court in any other district in that sheriffdom.'—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.