§ RECALL OF WITNESSES
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Lords amendment: No. 172, after clause 54, insert:
W.—(1) After section 148 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 there shall be inserted the following new section—
Recall of Witnessess.
148A. In any trial, on the motion of either party, the presiding judge may permit a witness who has been examined to be recalled.".
(2) After section 349 of the said Act of 1975 there shall be inserted the following new section—
Recall of Witnessess.
349A. In any trial, on the motion of either party, the presiding judge may permit a witness who has been examined to be recalled.".
§ The Solicitor-General for Scotland (Mr. Peter Fraser)I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This is a short procedural amendment which applies only to Scotland. It is intended to correct an error in the Criminal Justice Act 1980 which inadvertently removed from the Criminal Procedure Act 1975 the provisions which are now being re-enacted.
§ Question put and agreed to.