Court Of Session Act 1830

1830 CHAPTER 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]

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C2 Act repealed by Court of Session Act 1850 (c. 36), s. 56 in so far only as it may be in any respect inconsistent or at variance with the provisions of that Act and in so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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt.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

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

5—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 5–7 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 8 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt.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

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 10 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 1–3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt.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

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 12 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

13, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 Ss. 13, 14 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), Sch.

15, 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 17 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

F12 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 20 repealed by Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1948 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 10), Sch.

21 Transference of Admiralty Jurisdiction. U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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. U.K.

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20 S. 28 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

[F21 29 As to inferior Admiralty jurisdiction. U.K.

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.]

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F23 S. 31 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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. U.K.

[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.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F33 S. 39 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

Textual Amendments

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

44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F36 S. 44 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 45 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)

46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F38 S. 46 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35)

F39 F39 SCHEDULE U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)