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Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924

14 & 15 Geo. 5 c. 27 · Enacted 1 August 1924 · Extends to Scotland

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ProvisionChangeMade by
s. 46(3)insertedBankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 s. 48(2)(b)
s. 44(1)repealedBankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 Sch. 6 Pt. 1
s. 44(2)(a)(i)words repealedBankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 Sch. 6 Pt. 1
s. 44(2)(b)repealedBankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 Sch. 6 Pt. 1
s. 46(2)words substitutedBankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 s. 48(2)(a)
s. 45repealed in partTrusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 s. 45(3)(b)
s. 5(3)(b)words substitutedJudicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025 sch. 2 para. 2(b)
s. 5(3)(b)words repealedJudicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025 sch. 2 para. 2(c)
s. 5(3)(b)words substitutedJudicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025 sch. 2 para. 2(a)

An Act to amend the law of conveyancing in Scotland.

[1st August 1924]C1C2I1

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Modifications

C1

Act applied with modifications by Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35), s. 35(2)

C2

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Commencement

I1

Act in force at 1.1.1925 by s. 1(2) (which has been repealed)

Contents

  1. 1†Short title, extent and commencement of Act.
  2. 2Interpretation clause.
  3. 3Disposition, &c. by person uninfeft.
  4. 4Completion of title: General Register of Sasines
  5. 4ACompletion of title: Land Register
  6. 4BFurther provision as regards completion of title
  7. 5Deduction of title.
  8. 6Notice of title equivalent to notarial instrument. Repealed
  9. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 8Description by reference and short reference to deed bearing more than one date.
  11. 9Amendment of law as to reference to conditions of title. Repealed
  12. 10Warrants of registration. Repealed
  13. 11Consolidation of superiority and property. Repealed
  14. 12Abolition and commutation of grain, &c. feu-duties. Repealed
  15. 13Allocation of feu-duty. Repealed
  16. 14Abolition of real warrandice.
  17. 15Transmission of personal obligation.
  18. 16,17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  20. 19Applicability of forms prescribed by Act.
  21. 20Ratification by married woman. Repealed
  22. 21Terce and courtesy. Repealed
  23. 22Assimilation of law as regards legitim and jus relictæ, &c.
  24. 23Ground-annuals. Repealed
  25. 24Registered leases. Assimilation of forms.
  26. 25Form of bond and disposition in security. Repealed
  27. 26Heritable creditors’ remedies for recovery of feu-duties and ground-annuals. Repealed
  28. 27Restriction of agent’s lien.
  29. 28Assignation of bond and disposition in security. Repealed
  30. 29Discharge of bond and disposition in security. Repealed
  31. 30Restriction of bond and disposition in security. Repealed
  32. 31Description of lands and deduction of title unnecessary in certain deeds relating to heritable securities. Repealed
  33. 32Redemption of bond and disposition in security. Notice and procedure and evidence of service. Repealed
  34. 33Notice calling up bond and disposition in security. Repealed
  35. 34Service of notice. Repealed
  36. 35Power to dispense with or shorten induciæ. Repealed
  37. 36Advertisement. Repealed
  38. 37Contents of advertisement. Repealed
  39. 38Periods during which, and newspapers in which, advertisement required. Repealed
  40. 39Where exposure to sale to take place. Repealed
  41. 40Exposure in lots and apportionment of feu-duty.
  42. 41Purchasers protected.
  43. 42Mode of disburdening land sold under power of sale in heritable security. Repealed
  44. 43Act to apply to all heritable securities. Repealed
  45. 44General Register of Inhibitions and Register of Adjudications to be combined; limitation of effect of entries therein.
  46. 45Provision for termination of perpetual trusts of moveables.
  47. 46Extract decree of reduction to be recorded.
  48. 46AFurther provision as regards decree of reduction
  49. 47Re-recording of deeds relative to leasehold subjects.
  50. 48Duplicate plans may be retained with Register.
  51. 49Saving clause.
  52. 49APower of the Scottish Ministers to prescribe forms
  53. Schedule A
  54. Form No. 1CLAUSE OF DEDUCTION OF TITLE IN A DISPOSITION OF LAND WHERE THE GRANTER DOES NOT HAVE A RECORDED TITLE
  55. Note to Form No. 1 of Schedule APart Note to Form No. 1 of Schedule A
  56. Form No. 2Clause transmitting Personal Obligation in a Heritable Security in a Disposition of Land
  57. Schedule B: Forms of notice of title: Register of Sasines
  58. Form No. 1On behalf of a Person who has Right to Land by a Title which has not been recorded in the appropriate Register of Sasines and which is not to be recorded along with the Notice of Title.
  59. Form No. 2On behalf of a Person who has Right to Land conveyed by an Unrecorded Special Conveyance which is to be recorded along with the Notice of Title.
  60. Form No. 3On behalf of a Person who has Right to a recorded Heritable Security by a Title which has not been recorded in the appropriate Register of Sasines and which is not to be recorded along with the Notice of Title.
  61. Form No. 4...
  62. Form No. 5On behalf of a Person who has Right to an unrecorded Heritable Security which is to be recorded along with the Notice of Title.
  63. Form No. 6...
  64. Notes to Schedule BPart Notes to Schedule B
  65. Schedule BA: Form of notice of title: Land Register
  66. Part
  67. Schedule CSchedule C
  68. Schedule DClause of Reference to a Description of Land contained in a prior Conveyance, Deed, or Instrument
  69. Notes to Schedule DPart Notes to Schedule D
  70. Schedule ESchedule E Repealed
  71. Schedule FSchedule F Repealed
  72. Notes to Schedule FPart Notes to Schedule F Repealed
  73. Schedule GSchedule G Repealed
  74. Schedule HSchedule H Repealed
  75. Schedule ISchedule I
  76. Schedule JRegistrable Leases
  77. Notes to Schedule JPart Notes to Schedule J
  78. Schedule K Repealed
  79. Form No. 1Part Form No. 1 Repealed
  80. Form No. 2Part Form No. 2 Repealed
  81. Form No. 3Part Form No. 3 Repealed
  82. Form No. 4Part Form No. 4 Repealed
  83. Form No. 5Part Form No. 5 Repealed
  84. Form No. 6Part Form No. 6 Repealed
  85. Form No. 7Part Form No. 7 Repealed
  86. Form No. 8Part Form No. 8 Repealed
  87. Notes to Schedule KPart Notes to Schedule K Repealed
  88. Schedule L Repealed
  89. Form No. 1Part Form No. 1 Repealed
  90. Form No. 2Part Form No. 2 Repealed
  91. Form No. 3Part Form No. 3 Repealed
  92. Form No. 4Part Form No. 4 Repealed
  93. Schedule M Repealed
  94. Form No. 1Part Form No. 1 Repealed
  95. Form No. 2Part Form No. 2 Repealed
  96. Form No. 3Part Form No. 3 Repealed
  97. Schedule NSchedule N Repealed
  98. Schedule OForm of Memorandum to be recorded in the Register of Sasines