Court of Session Act 1868

4 Sittings of Court of Session regulated.

The Ordinary Sittings of the Court shall be as follows, viz.: The Winter Session shall in each Year commence on the Fifteenth Day of October, or the first lawful Day, Monday excepted, which shall happen next thereafter, and shall end on the Twentieth Day of March following, or when that Day falls on a Sunday or Monday, then on the Saturday immediately preceding; and the Summer Session shall commence on the Twelfth Day of May, or the next lawful Day, Monday excepted, which shall happen next thereafter, and shall end on the Twentieth Day of July, or when that Day falls on a Sunday or Monday, then on the Saturday, immediately preceding; but it shall be lawful for the Court at the Time of the Christmas Recess to adjourn for a Period not exceeding Fourteen Days, and to adjourn at such Time during the Month of February as shall be most convenient for a Period not exceeding Seven Days; and the Sittings of the Divisions of the Court for the Trial of Jury Causes shall be held at such Times in each Period of Vacation and Recess as the Lords President of the Divisions may respectively appoint. The Court, except the Lord Ordinary on the Bills, shall not sit on the Fifteenth Day of May or on the Eleventh Day of November, or when either of these Days happen to be a Sunday, on the following Monday.