{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-consignations-scotland-act-1895/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-consignations-scotland-act-1895/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/58-59/19",
  "legislation_title": "Court of Session Consignations (Scotland) Act 1895",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-consignations-scotland-act-1895",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Accountant to lodge returns of consignations with Lord President.",
  "text": "On or before the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, the Accountant shall lodge with the Lord President of the Court of Session, and with the Secretary of State, a detailed return of all consignations made with him and his predecessors in office, or with any of the Clerks of Court during the year ending thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and which are unpaid or not accounted for at the date of the said return; and, similarly, on or before the first day of April in each succeeding year, a like return of unpaid consignations shall be made in respect of the year which shall have terminated seven years prior to the previous thirty-first December, and the Accountant shall, along with the said return, deliver the deposit receipts or other vouchers, or pay the amount of such consignations mentioned therein, with any interest which may have accrued thereon, to the Secretary of State, and the endorsation by the Secretary of State of any deposit receipt or other voucher shall be a sufficient warrant to a bank to pay the amount deposited, with interest, to the Secretary of State, who shall, upon such payment being made, grant a receipt binding himself and his successors in office to relieve the Accountant of any claim that may be established in respect of such consignations and interest, and shall thereupon become responsible for any consignations so paid over or delivered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1974/1274, art. 3(4), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/58-59/19/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:49.638439+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."
}