Court Of Session Act 1830 (c.69)

Court Of Session Act 1830

1830 c.69 11_Geo_4_and_1_Will_4

An Act for uniting the Benefits of Jury Trial in Civil Causes with the ordinary Jurisdiction of the Court of Session, and for making certain other Alterations and Reduction in the Judicial Establishments of Scotland.

[23d July 1830]

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1	Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2	Act repealed by Court of Session Act 1850 (c. 36), s. 56 in so far only as it may be in any respect inconsistent or at variance with the provisions of that Act and in so far as inconsistent with Rules of Court by S.I. 1948/1691 (1948 I, p. 3778) and 1965/321
C3	Preamble (which recites Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815 (c. 42), Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1819 (c. 35) and Court of Session Act 1825 (c. 120)) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2	S. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

5—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F3	Ss. 5–7 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F4	S. 8 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F5	Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F6	S. 10 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F7	Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F8	S. 12 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

13, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F9	Ss. 13, 14 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

15, 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F10	Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F11	S. 17 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

F12 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F12	S. 18 repealed (S.)(1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6, 7(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 3 para. 1)

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F13	Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F14	S. 20 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1948 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 10), Sch.

21.

Transference of Admiralty Jurisdiction.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15 the Court of Session shall hold and exercise original jurisdiction in all maritime civil causes and proceedings of the same nature and extent in all respects as that held and exercised in regard to such causes by the High Court of Admiralty before the passing of this Act;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F15	Recital omitted under authority of and words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
F16	Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)

22—24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F17	Ss. 22–24 repealed by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51), Sch. 2

25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F18	Ss. 25, 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F19	Ss. 25, 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

27.

Sheriff clerks to act as clerks to sheriffs in maritime causes.

The sheriff clerks of the several counties of Scotland shall respectively act as clerks to the sheriffs in maritime causes: Provided always, that neither that officer, nor any other person appointed to any office, or acquiring right to any fees or emoluments in virtue of the provisions of this Act, shall be entitled to prefer any claim to compensation in consequence of the subsequent abolition of such office or fees, or of any alteration therein.

28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F20	S. 28 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

[F21 29.

As to inferior Admiralty jurisdiction.

All inferior Admiralty jurisdiction, not dependent upon the High Court of Admiralty, shall continue as heretofore, but the judgments of such courts shall be subject to review solely in the courts of Session and Justiciary respectively: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to lessen or take away any salary or allowance now payable to the sheriff substitute of the district of the town of Leith by the commissioners of police of the said town, but the same shall continue to be paid as heretofore.]

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F21	S. 29 repealed (S.), so far as relating to the Court of Session, and the proviso by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F22	S. 30 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91) and Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F23	S. 31 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F24	S. 32 repealed by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51), Sch. 2

33.

Consistorial actions to be instituted in the Court of Session.

[F25 Subject to section 5(2B) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, all]actions of declarator of marriage, and of nullity of marriage, . . . F26 , and all actions of divorce, . . . F27 shall be competent to be brought and insisted on only before the Court of Session.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F25	Words substituted by Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c.12, SIF 47), s. 6(1), Sch. 1 para. 1
F26	Words repealed (S.) by Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9, SIF 49:8), ss. 9, 10(2), Sch. 2
F27	Words repealed by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51), Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4	S. 33 extended by Court of Session Act 1850 (c. 36), s. 16 and Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972 (c. 38), s. 2

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F28	Ss. 34, 38 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F29	S. 35 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F30	S. 36 repealed (S.) by Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32, SIF 47), s. 10(1)(3), Sch.

37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F31	Ss. 37, 40 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F32	Ss. 34, 38 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F33	S. 39 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F34	Ss. 37, 40 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

41—43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F35	Ss. 41–43 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F36	S. 44 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F37	S. 45 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F38	S. 46 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

SCHEDULE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F39	Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

Version no	Start date	End date	Extent	Confers power	Blanket amendment
> 1	01/02/1991		E+W+S+N.I.	N	N

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