1F1 Short title.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880.

2F2 Extent of title.

This Act shall extend to Scotland only.

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Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt

4 Abolition of imprisonment for debt, with certain exceptions. C1

With the exceptions herein-after mentioned, no person shall be apprehended or imprisoned on account of any civil debt.

There shall be excepted from the operation of the above enactment,—

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Taxes, fines, or penalties due to Her Majesty, and rates and assessments lawfully imposed or to be imposed:

F41

Fines imposed for contempt of court or under section 91 of the Court of Session Act 1868.

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Sums decerned for aliment:

F5Provided that no person shall be imprisoned in any case excepted from the operation of this section for a longer period than twelve months.

Nothing contained in this Act shall affect or prevent the apprehension or imprisonment of any person under F5a warrant granted against him as being in meditatione fugæ, or underany decree F5or obligationad factum præstandum.

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