c) was married to that person, at the time when the sexual intercourse took place, by a marriage entered into outside Scotland and recognised as valid by Scots law. Section cited in: one case, 7 Laws or Regulations Amended by

Section 11 also makes it an offence for a person to keep, manage, or act or assist in the management of a brothel; for a tenant, lessee etc. to knowingly permit premises to be used as a brothel or for habitual prostitution; or for the lessor or landlord (or agent), knowing that premises are used as a brothel, to permit their continued use. The maximum penalty for these offences is 7 years imprisonment, or 12 months on summary conviction. An Act to consolidate for Scotland certain enactments creating offences and relating to criminal law there. b) section 4(1) or 10(1) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 or section 5 or 6 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the enactments formerly creating the offences mentioned in subsection (3) above and section 10(1) of this Act); orSection 8 makes it illegal to detain a female against her will in a brothel, or in other premises for the purposes of unlawful sexual intercourse with men. The withholding of clothing is treated as a form of detention. Subject to subsection (6) below, a person guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act shall be liable— Section 20 creates offences of being in possession of a controlled container, a controlled article or substance or alcohol in a relevant area of a designated sports ground, or of attempting to enter the ground while in possession. Controlled articles/substances include fireworks, distress flares, fog signals and other substances that can be used as a flare. Controlled containers are those that could be used as a missile, e.g. a beer bottle. It is also an offence for a person to be drunk in the relevant area of a designated sports ground, or to attempt to enter the ground while drunk. Proceedings in respect of an offence under section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act may be brought on indictment or, if the Lord Advocate so directs, on a summary complaint before the sheriff. No prosecution shall be commenced for an offence under subsection (3) above more than one year after the commission of the offence.

i) is intended to amount to harassment of that person; or (ii) occurs in circumstances where it would appear to a reasonable person that it would amount to harassment of that person; or (b) acts in a manner which is racially aggravated and which causes, or is intended to cause, a person alarm or distress. The maximum penalty on conviction on indictment is seven years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. Section 28 sets out special powers of investigation which are available when a direction has been made. A person nominated by the Lord Advocate may require the person under investigation, or anyone else who may have relevant information, to answer questions or furnish information or provide documents relevant to the investigation. There is power to obtain a search warrant where documents are not provided or for other special reasons. There are also protections for information subject to legal professional privilege. Reset (section 51). Section 51 ensures that the offence of resetting of property extends to the receiving of property appropriated by breach of trust and embezzlement and by falsehood, fraud and wilful imposition, as well as the receiving of property taken by theft or robbery. This provision was previously in the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.b) take into account any information before it which is relevant to his character and to his physical and mental condition. Subsection (3) of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (date of commencement of summary proceedings) shall have effect for the purposes of subsection (2) above as it has effect for the purposes of that section. Section 13 ensures that premises are treated for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of this Act as a brothel whether they are used for homosexual or heterosexual activities.

Section 25 provides that where a person is detained under section 24, he is entitled to have intimation of his detention and of the place of detention sent to a solicitor and to one other person named by him without delay, and the person is to be informed of this entitlement. Where some delay is necessary in the interest of the investigation or the prevention of crime or the apprehension of offenders, this is to be done with no more delay than is so necessary. Where the detained person is a child (under 16), notification is to be sent to the child's parent, who is entitled to attend. a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for any term of imprisonment up to and including life imprisonment; and

In subsection (6) above, ‘local authority’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(2) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 . Section cited in: 2 cases, 7 Laws or Regulations Amended by

Section 7 creates a number of offences relating to procuring young women or girls to have unlawful sexual intercourse or to become prostitutes or to become an inmate of or frequent brothels. It also formerly criminalised the use of threats and intimidation, false pretences or drugs to procure a female (of any age) to have unlawful sexual intercourse. It also formerly criminalised inducing a woman to have sex by pretending to be her husband. The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 repealed and replaced the second and third sets of offences under this section. This section was largely repealed by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 on 1 December 2010, leaving only the definition of homosexual act, the offences of living off the earnings of male prostitution and soliciting/importuning any male person for the purpose of procuring the commission of a homosexual act, and the provision treating premises as a brothel for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 (described above). [3] Miscellaneous [ edit ]Section 15 (defence to charge of indecent assault), which formerly provided that it was a defence to a charge of indecent assault committed against a girl under the age of 16 years that the person so charged has reasonable cause to believe that the girl was his wife, was repealed by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 d) was married to that person, at the time when the sexual intercourse took place, by a marriage entered into outside Scotland and recognised as valid by Scots law. Section cited in: one case, 6 Laws or Regulations Amended by Section 13 also makes it an offence for a person to live wholly or in part on the earnings of another from male prostitution or to solicit or importune any male person for the purpose of procuring the commission of a homosexual act. The maximum penalty for these offences on indictment is 2 years imprisonment, and on summary conviction 12 months imprisonment. Section 13 (homosexual offences) provides that a homosexual act (defined as sodomy or an act of gross indecency or shameless indecency by one male person with another male person) in private is not an offence provided that the parties consent and have attained the age of 16. This is subject to certain limitations, set out in the section. Acts in public lavatories are not to be treated as taking place in private. It is an offence to commit or be party to the commission of, or to procure or attempt to procure a homosexual act a) other than in private; b) without the consent of the parties to the act; and c) with a person under the age of 16. It is a defence to a charge under c) that the person so charged being under the age of 24 years who had not previously been charged with a like offence, had reasonable cause to believe that the other person was of or over the age of sixteen years. A boy under 16 does not commit an offence if the other party is over 16. It is an offence to procure or attempt to procure the commission of a homosexual act between two other male persons. The maximum penalty for these offences on indictment is 2 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine, and on summary conviction 12 months imprisonment and a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum. c) was married to that person, at the time when the sexual intercourse took place, by a marriage entered into outside Scotland and recognised as valid by Scots law.