CLAUSE 2.—(Transfer of Jurisdiction as to person fined.) (Hansard, 16 June 1938)

§ The Lord Advocate

I beg to move, in page 2, line 17, at the end, to insert: No such order shall be made except on the application of the person on whom the fine was imposed, and any such application may be made either in open court by that person or by a solicitor or a person, not being a solicitor, who satisfies the court as to his authority to do so, or in writing addressed to the clerk of the court. This Amendment is self-explanatory, and I will simply add that it is inserted to meet the suggestion of the hon. Member for Bridgeton (Mr. Maxton) and his hon. Friends, who desire that a transfer of a case from one court to another shall not take place unless the accused person himself wants it. This provision is drafted in terms which, I think, fully carry out that undertaking.