訓誡
訓誡（英語：admonition）是蘇格蘭法律中最輕的懲罰，意即犯罪者已被裁斷有罪或已認罪，但因違犯行為輕微，不處以罰款，而是處以口頭警告，定罪仍予以記錄。
該處置相當於無條件釋放，只是在許多司法管轄區，無條件釋放不留定罪記錄。
《1974年罪犯自新法令》沒有為訓誡訂立披露期，故視為立即喪失時效。[1][2]
宗教訓誡
參考
- ^ Section 5J(b) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, Accessed 29 Jan 2022
- ^ Self-disclosure of previous convictions and alternatives to prosecution: guidance （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, Scottish Government guidance. Published 24 Aug 2020. Accessed 29 Jan 2022. ISBN 9781839607110
- ^ 'Chapter V: The fourth Instruction', in R. Resbury, The Tabernacle of God with Men, or, The Visible Church Reformed (London 1649), pp. 71 ff （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） (Google).
- Jacqueline Tombs. Unique punishment Sentencing and the Prison Population in Scotland (PDF). Scottish Consortium on Crime & Criminal Justice. 2004: 76 [5 April 2012]. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於3 March 2016）.
Admonition – means that the offender receives a warning from the court and a conviction.