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(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (Electronic Authentication of Copy Documents) 2021.
(2) It comes into force on 22nd March 2021.
(3) A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.
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(1) The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In Chapter 26 (documentary evidence), at the end of rule 26.1 (authentication of copies of documents) insert—“
(4) In this Chapter a reference to a certificate or docquet being endorsed on, or attached to, a copy of a document includes endorsement or attachment by electronic means.”.
CJM SUTHERLAND
Lord Justice General
I.P.D.
Edinburgh
4th March 2021