Bankers (Scotland) Act 1854

No clause directed by the said Acts to be inserted in the deed of partnership of any joint stock banking company in Scotland to be executed previous to such company being incorporated under the recited Acts shall take away or impair the right of retention or lien which, in virtue of the common law of Scotland, such company has or may be entitled to exercise over the shares of its partners, for or in respect of any debt or liability incurred or obligation undertaken by them to the company.

Provided, that as often as the company may, in virtue of their right of lien or retention acquire any shares in the company’s stock, they shall be bound to sell the same within six months after the same shall have been so acquired, and in such manner as is by the said first-recited Act provided for the sale of forfeited shares; and the company shall be bound to account to the party or parties interested in such shares, or to their creditors, or heirs or executors, for the balance of the price or prices which may have been realized by such sale, after paying the debt due to the company, and the expenses incurred by them in securing their debt and selling the shares.

In such deed of partnership there shall be inserted provisions regulating the manner in which bills of exchange or promissory notes of the company may be made, accepted, or endorsed, and it shall not be necessary that such bills of exchange or promissory notes be signed in the manner prescribed by the first-recited Act.