Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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title:
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution, along with the sheriffdom procurators fiscal. In Scotland, virtually all prosecution of criminal offences is undertaken by the Crown. Private prosecutions are extremely rare. The Service's jurisdiction covers
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Independent public prosecution service for Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service
date created:
2005-01-05T03:32:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T14:27:15Z
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