{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/17",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretations in this and the special Act: Number: Gender: “Lands:” “Lease:” “Month:” “Lord ordinary:” “Sheriff:” “Justice:” “Two justices:” “The Company:” “Directors:” “Shareholder:” “Secretary.”",
  "text": "The following words and expressions both in this and the special Act shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or the context repugnant to such construction; (that is to say,)\nWords importing the singular number only shall include the plural number; and words importing the plural number only shall include the singular number:\nWords importing the masculine gender only shall include females:\nThe word “lands” shall extend to houses, lands, tenements, and heritages, of any description or tenure:\nThe word “lease” shall include a missive or an agreement for a lease:\nThe word “month” shall mean calendar month:\nThe “lord ordinary” shall mean the lord ordinary of the court of session in Scotland officiating on the bills in time of vacation, or the junior lord ordinary, if in time of session, as the case may be:\nThe word “sheriff” shall include the sheriff substitute:\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe word “justice” shall mean justice of the peace acting for the . . . place where the matter requiring the cognizance of any such justice shall arise, and who shall not be interested in the matter; and where any matter shall be authorized or required to be done by two justices, the expression “twojustices” shall be understood to mean two or more justices assembled and acting together:\nThe expression “the company” shall mean the company constituted by the special Act:\nThe expression “the directors” shall mean the directors of the company, and shall include all persons having the direction of the undertaking, whether under the name of directors, managers, committee of management, or under any other name:\nThe word “shareholder” shall mean shareholder, proprietor, or member of the company; and in referring to any such shareholder expressions properly applicable to a person shall be held to apply to a corporation: And\nThe expression “the secretary” shall mean the secretary of the company, and shall include the word “clerk.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c.19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 3 definition of \"county\" repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "References to sheriff and sheriff substitute to be construed as referring to sheriff principal and sheriff: Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/17/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:20.811840+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."
}