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Offences under the law of Scotland.
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32.—(1) For the purposes of Part III of the Extradition Act, 1965—
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(a) an offence punishable under the law of Scotland by imprisonment for a maximum period of at least 6 months shall be treated as an indictable offence and not also as a summary offence if it is certified by a Procurator Fiscal that the offence is an indictable offence so punishable and that it will not be or, as the case may be, has not been prosecuted summarily, and
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(b) an offence punishable under the law of Scotland by imprisonment for a maximum period of at least 6 months shall be treated as a summary offence if it is certified by a Procurator Fiscal that the offence will be or, as the case may be, has been prosecuted summarily, and that it is so punishable.
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(2) A certificate appearing to be given by a Procurator Fiscal and certifying as to the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) may, without further evidence—
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(a) be accepted by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, and
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(b) be admitted in any proceedings, unless the court sees good reason to the contrary,
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as evidence of the matters so certified.
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(3) In this section “Procurator Fiscal” includes a Depute.
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(4) This section shall be construed as one with Part III of the Extradition Act, 1965.
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(5) Section 37 of the Act of 1967 is hereby repealed.
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