Law Agents and Notaries Public (Scotland) Act 1891
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1891 c. 30 |
| Year | 1891 |
Law Agents and Notaries Public (Scotland) Act, 1891
(54 & 55 Vict.) CHAPTER 30.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Law Agents and Notaries Public practising in Scotland.
[21st July 1891]
B E it enacted by the Queen'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 authority of the same, as follows:
1 Interpretation of terms.
1. The following words and expressions, when used in this Act, shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them; that is to say,—
‘Law agents’ shall include writers to the signet, solicitors in the supreme courts, procurators in any sheriff court, and every person entitled to practise as an agent in a court of law in Scotland:
‘Notary public’ shall mean any notary public duly admitted in Scotland.
2 Prosecution of unqualified persons practising as law agents or notary public.
2. Any person, being neither a law agent nor a notary public, who, either by himself or in conjunction with others, wilfully and falsely pretends to be, or takes or uses any name, title, addition, or description implying that he is, duly qualified to act either as a law agent or as a notary public, or that he is recognised by law as so qualified, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of ten pounds for the first offence, together with the costs of prosecution and conviction; and any such person who shall be guilty of a second or subsequent offence or offences under this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, with the alternative, in case of failure in payment of such penalty, of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month for each such subsequent offence, in addition to the costs of prosecution and conviction, as aforesaid.
3 Unqualified persons not entitled to recover costs.
3. No costs, fee, reward, or disbursement on account of or in relation to any act or proceeding done or taken by any person who acts as a law agent or as a notary public without being duly qualified so to act, or who, not being so qualified, gives legal advice, or frames or draws any deed, shall be recoverable in any action, suit, or matter by any person or persons whomsoever.
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