The Scots Statutes Revised ...: The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland 1707-[1900] ... 6 Anne to [63 and 64 Victoria] ... in So Far as Unrepealed by Subsequent Legislation Up to and Including the Acts of the Session 62 & 63 Victoria, 1899 [-64 Victoria, 1900].W. Green and Sons, 1900 |
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... punished twice for the same offence . 4. EVIDENCE OF AGE . Whenever any person is charged with an offence against this Act in respect of a child who in the opinion of the court trying the case is appar- ently of the age alleged by the ...
... punished twice for the same offence . 4. EVIDENCE OF AGE . Whenever any person is charged with an offence against this Act in respect of a child who in the opinion of the court trying the case is appar- ently of the age alleged by the ...
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... punishment as if such order were a cheque Provided always , that any banker or corporation or company acting as bankers in the United Kingdom who , in collecting in such capacity for any principal , shall have received payment or been ...
... punishment as if such order were a cheque Provided always , that any banker or corporation or company acting as bankers in the United Kingdom who , in collecting in such capacity for any principal , shall have received payment or been ...
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... Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland ; and for other purposes . [ 7th September 1880. ] 1. SHORT TITLE . - This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Debtors ( Scotland ) Act , 1880 . 2. EXTENT OF ACT . - This Act shall ...
... Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland ; and for other purposes . [ 7th September 1880. ] 1. SHORT TITLE . - This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Debtors ( Scotland ) Act , 1880 . 2. EXTENT OF ACT . - This Act shall ...
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... Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors . 13. PUNISHMENT of Fraudulent Debtors in CERTAIN SPECIFIED CASES . - The debtor in a process of sequestration or cessio shall be deemed guilty of a crime and offence , and on conviction before the court ...
... Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors . 13. PUNISHMENT of Fraudulent Debtors in CERTAIN SPECIFIED CASES . - The debtor in a process of sequestration or cessio shall be deemed guilty of a crime and offence , and on conviction before the court ...
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... PUNISHMENTS UNDER THIS ACT FOR OFFENCES PUNISHABLE OTHERWISE.- Where any person is liable under any other Act of Parliament or at common law to any punishment or penalty for any offence made punishable by this Act , such person may be ...
... PUNISHMENTS UNDER THIS ACT FOR OFFENCES PUNISHABLE OTHERWISE.- Where any person is liable under any other Act of Parliament or at common law to any punishment or penalty for any offence made punishable by this Act , such person may be ...
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Page 353 - A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the following conditions:— 1. That it is complete and regular upon its face; 2. That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; 3. That he took it in good faith and for value; 4. That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 359 - Protest is dispensed with by any circumstances which would dispense with notice of dishonor. Delay in noting or protesting is excused when delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder and not imputable to his default, misconduct or negligence. When the cause of delay ceases to operate, the bill must be noted or protested with reasonable diligence.
Page 365 - Where a banker in good faith and without negligence receives payment for a customer of a cheque crossed generally or specially to himself, and the customer has no title, or a defective title, thereto, the banker shall not incur any liability to the true owner of the cheque by reason only of having received such payment.
Page 365 - Act is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer.
Page 149 - Notice in respect of an injury under this Act shall give the name and address of the person injured, and shall state in ordinary language the cause of the injury and the date at which it was sustained...
Page 403 - Act, the enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule : Provided that this repeal shall not take effect in any part of His Majesty's dominions until this Act comes into operation in that part.
Page 450 - ... endeavour to procure, any office, place, or employment to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 419 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, make any...
Page 149 - ... delivered in the ordinary course of post ; and, in proving the service of such notice, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and registered.
Page 357 - The instrument is dishonored by non-payment when, — 1. It is duly presented for payment and payment is refused or cannot be obtained ; or 2.