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Section 5 Imprisonment for rates and assessments.F1C1

No person shall, on account of failure to pay rates and assessments, be imprisoned for a longer period than six weeks in all at the instance of the rating authority or authorities of any one parish, combination, district, county, or burgh, in respect of his failure to pay the rates and assessments due for any one year, without prejudice to any other civil rights and remedies competent to the rating authority.

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Textual amendments

F1

S. 5 repealed (S.) by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108, Sch. 7 paras. 5, 9(1), Sch. 8

Modifications

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“Rating authority” to be construed in accordance with Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 109(1)