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16 Notes for less than 20s. not negotiable in Scotland.U.K.

All promissory or other notes, bills of exchange, or drafts, or undertakings in writing, being negotiable or transferable, for the payment of any sum or sums of money, or any orders, notes, or undertakings in writing, being negotiable or transferable, for the delivery of any goods, specifying their value in money less than the sum of [F1one pound] in the whole, heretofore made or issued, or which shall hereafter be made or issued in Scotland, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be absolutely void and of no effect, any law, statute, usage, or custom to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; and if any person or persons shall by any art, device, or means whatsoever, publish or utter in Scotland any such notes, bills, drafts, or engagements as aforesaid for a less sum than [F1one pound] , or on which less than the sum of [F1one pound] shall be due, and which shall be in anywise negotiable or transferable, or shall negotiate or transfer the same in Scotland, every such person shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty pounds nor less than five pounds, at the discretion of the justice of the peace who shall hear and determine such offence.

Textual Amendments

F1Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)