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holding an inquest upon the body of the making of the charge and of the result of the proceedings before that court.
(9) Where a person charged with murder, manslaughter or infanticide or an offence under section 1 of the 1972 c. 20
1961 c. 60.Road Traffic Act 1972 (causing death by reckless driving) or an offence under section 2(1) of the Suicide Act 1961 consisting of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of another, is committed for trial to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer of the Crown Court at the place where the person charged is tried shall inform the coroner of the result of the proceedings before that court.
(10) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions has in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above requested a coroner to adjourn an inquest, then, whether or not the inquest is adjourned as a result, the Director shall inform the coroner of the result of the proceedings before the magistrates’ court in the case of the person charged as mentioned in that paragraph and, if that person is committed for trial to the Crown Court, shall inform the coroner of the result of the proceedings before that court.
(11) In this section “the relevant criminal proceedings” means the proceedings before examining justices and before any court to which the person charged is committed for trial.
1975 c. 21.
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Amendments of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975
1. There shall be inserted after section 193 a new section as follows—
- “Fines on conviction on indictment to be without limit.
- 193A. Where a person convicted on indictment of any offence (whether triable only on indictment or triable either on indictment or summarily) would, apart from this section, be liable to a fine not exceeding a specified amount, he shall by virtue of this section be liable to a fine of any amount.”.
2. There shall be inserted after section 283 a new section as follows—
- “Offences which are to become triable only summarily.
- 283A.—(1) The provisions of this or any other enactment notwithstanding, the offences mentioned (and broadly described) in column 1 of Schedule 7A to this Act shall be triable only summarily.
- (2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other provision by virtue of which any offence is triable only summarily.”.
3.—(1) In section 284(b), for “£100” there shall be substituted “£200”.
(2) In section 284(c), for “£100” there shall be substituted “£200”.
4.—(1) In section 289(a), for “£150” there shall be substituted “the prescribed sum (within the meaning of section 289B below)”.
