Commentary on Sections Part 12 - Sentencing Chapter 8: Other Provisions about sentencing Section 290: Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms offences: Scotland
637.This section amends the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to ensure that where offenders aged 16 or 17 are convicted on indictment under section 5 of the 1968 Act, the court itself retains the power to order detention and to dispose of the case.