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