Public Records (Scotland) Act 1809

II Clerks of Commissary Courts not to record Probative Writs or Deeds, in virtue of Clauses of Registration.

And be it further enacted, That from and after the Expiration of Six Months after the palling of this Act, it shall not be lawful for the Clerks of the several Commissary Courts within Scotland, to receive any Deed or other. Writing for the Purpose of being recorded by them in the Books or Registers of their respective Courts, either in virtue of the above, mentioned Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed on the Thirtieth Day of August in the Year One thousand fix hundred and ninety-eight, or in virtue of any Clause contained in such Deeds or Writings consenting that the same should be recorded either for Preservation thereof or for Execution, or in virtue of an Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed on the Sixteenth Day of September in the Year One thousand fix hundred and eighty-one, intituled, Act concerning Bills of Exchange, or of any Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain authorizing the Registration of Bills and Promissory Notes for the Purpose of summary Execution.