{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007/section-193",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-and-diligence-etc-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/193",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "193",
  "heading": "Unlawful acts after money attachment",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a money attachment has been executed; and\n(b) the debtor—\n(i) realises (or purports to realise) the value of an attached banking instrument;\n(ii) otherwise relinquishes ownership of such an instrument; or\n(iii) obtains (or attempts to obtain), by fraud or other dishonest means, a banking instrument in place of such an instrument.\n(2) The debtor is acting in breach of the money attachment.\n(3) A person who—\n(a) assists a debtor to do anything mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above; and\n(b) knows (or ought reasonably to know) that a money attachment has been executed against the debtor,\nis acting in breach of the money attachment.\n(4) A breach of the money attachment under subsection (2) or (3) above may be dealt with as a contempt of court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/3/section/193",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:03.393234+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}