House to House Collections Act 1939

10 Application to Scotland

This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications :—

(a) sections one, two, four, and seven shall apply in relation to a collection made in any locality situated in a burgh, not being a county of a city, as if for references to the police authority, the chief officer of police for the police area comprising the locality, and any police officer not below the rank of inspector, there were substituted respectively references to the magistrates, the chief magistrate of the burgh in which the locality is situated, and any other magistrate of such burgh;

(b) in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section two for references to section three of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, there shall be substituted references to sections four hundred and eight or four hundred and ten of the [55 & 56 Vict. c. 55.] Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, or to the corresponding provisions of any local Act;

(c) in subsection (1) of section three for the word " England," there shall be substituted the word " Scotland ";

(d) any offence against this Act for which the maximum penalty that may be imposed does not exceed ten pounds may be prosecuted in any court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the [8 Edw. 7. c. 65.] Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act, 1908, having jurisdiction in the place where the offence was committed;

(e) " chief magistrate " has the like meaning as in the Burgh Police (Scotland) Acts, 1892 to 1903.