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Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995

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4 Presumption as to granter’s subscription or date or place of subscription when established in court proceedings.S

(1)Where a document bears to have been subscribed by a granter of it, but there is no presumption under section 3 of this Act that the document has been subscribed by that granter, then, if the court, on an application being made to it by any person who has an interest in the document, is satisfied that the document was subscribed by that granter, it shall—

(a)cause the document to be endorsed with a certificate to that effect; or

(b)where the document has already been registered in the Books of Council and Session or in sheriff court books, grant decree to that effect.

(2)Where a document bears to have been subscribed by a granter of it, but there is no presumption under section 3 of this Act as to the date or place of subscription, then, if the court, on an application being made to it by any person who has an interest in the document, is satisfied as to the date or place of subscription, it shall—

(a)cause the document to be endorsed with a certificate to that effect; or

(b)where the document has already been registered in the Books of Council and Session or in sheriff court books, grant decree to that effect.

(3)On an application under subsection (1) or (2) above evidence shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be given by affidavit.

(4)An application under subsection (1) or (2) above may be made either as a summary application or as incidental to and in the course of other proceedings.

(5)The effect of a certificate or decree—

(a)under subsection (1) above shall be to establish a presumption that the document has been subscribed by the granter concerned;

(b)under subsection (2) above shall be to establish a presumption that the statement in the certificate or decree as to date or place is correct.

(6)In this section “the court” means—

(a)in the case of a summary application—

(i)the sheriff in whose sheriffdom the applicant resides; or

(ii)if the applicant does not reside in Scotland, the sheriff at Edinburgh; and

(b)in the case of an application made in the course of other proceedings, the court before which those proceedings are pending.

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