An Act to amend an Act of the ninth year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland, and to abridge the Period now required between the pronouncing of Sentence and Execution thereof, in cases importing a Capital Punishment.
[16th July 1830]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
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F1S. 1 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)
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F2S. 2 repealed (31.1.2013) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2), s. 3(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
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F4Ss. 4, 5 repealed by Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908 (c. 65), Sch. A.
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F5S. 6 repealed (31.1.2013) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2), s. 3(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
It shall be sufficient for the legal citation of any juror or witness in any [F6civil cause or proceeding], that such citation be given by any officer of the law duly authorized, without witnesses; and the oath of such officer in support of the execution shall be held and received as sufficient evidence of such citation when the same shall be questioned in a court of law.
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F6Words substituted by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21), Sch.9 para.5.
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F8Ss. 9 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1
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F9S. 10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
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F10Ss. 11,repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1
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The M1Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828 in so far as it provides for rendering all inferior judges and magistrates more safe in the execution of their duty, shall extend to all acts done by any such judge or magistrate in apprehending any party, or in regard to any criminal cause or proceeding, or to any prosecution for a pecuniary penalty.
Marginal Citations
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F12Ss. 14 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1
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F13S. 15, Sch. repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 26), Sch. 3
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F14S. 15, Sch. repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 26), Sch. 3