Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

32 Acting chief magistrate in absence of provost.

If the provost of a burgh is unable for any reason or fails to discharge any of the functions of his office, the senior bailie, or, if the senior bailie is unable or fails to do so, the next senior bailie, and so on throughout the whole number of bailies, may, subject to any standing orders of the council, discharge any function which the provost, as such, might discharge under this Act or any other enactment or any statutory order except that he shall not by virtue of this section act as a justice of the peace, and anything that requires to be done by, to or before the provost under any enactment or statutory order may be done by, to or before the person acting in his place as aforesaid. Such person is in this Act referred to as the "acting chief magistrate ".