National Library of Scotland Act 1925

3Transfer of Advocates' Library

(1)On the appointed day there shall by virtue of this Act be transferred from the Faculty of Advocates (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the Faculty") to the Board the entire contents of the Advocates' Library, with the exception of the Faculty's collection of law books, legal manuscripts and papers, the Faculty Records, and pictures and articles of furniture belonging to the Faculty, and the property so transferred shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be held by the Board for public use to all posterity.

(2)The transfer hereinbefore in this section provided shall have effect as a full discharge to the Faculty of all duties, obligations and liabilities incumbent on them with respect to the property transferred, whether under any Act of Parliament, charter, trust, gift, bequest, deed, or otherwise.

(3)The Faculty's collection of law books excepted from the aforesaid transfer shall remain vested in the Faculty for the purposes of their Law Library.

(4)Any question which may arise as to what are law books or legal manuscripts and papers, or pictures, or articles of furniture belonging to the Faculty within the meaning of this section shall be determined by the Keeper of the Advocates' Library.

(5)Nothing in this section contained shall affect the rights of any body or person other than the Faculty in or with respect to any book or other article forming part of the contents of the Advocates' Library which has been deposited therein for custody only, or which is not the property of the Faculty.