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Judicial Ratifications (Scotland) Act 1836

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 3 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1836 c. 43
Anno Regni GULIELMI IV. Britanniarum Regis, Sexto. An Act to provide for the taking of Judicial Ratifications ofScottish Deeds on Oath as heretofore.

(6 & 7 Will. 4) C A P. XLIII.

[28th July 1836]

'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled : And whereas by the said recited Act it is enacted, that from and after the Commencement thereof it should not be lawful for any Justice of the Peace or other Person to administer or cause or allow to be administered, or to receive or cause or allow to be received, any Oath, Affidavit, or solemn Affirmation touching any Matter or Thing whereof such Justice or other Person hath not Jurisdiction or Cognizance by some Statute in force at the Time being: And whereas by the Law and Practice ofScotland Judicial Ratifications by Married Women upon Oath are Acts of voluntary Jurisdiction which may be proceeded in before any Judge: And whereas the said recited Act may be construed to apply to the Oaths taken in such Ratifications, and it is expedient that such Law and Practice should not be affected or rendered doubtful:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authorityof the same, That nothing in the said recited Act contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent the...

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