{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-73.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Disqualification where sequestration or bankruptcy",
  "text": "(1) A person is disqualified from being appointed as, or acting as, a JP if—\n(a) the person's estate has been sequestrated in Scotland, or\n(b) the person has been adjudged bankrupt outwith Scotland.\n(2) Where a person is disqualified under subsection (1)(a), the disqualification ceases if—\n(a) the award of sequestration is recalled or reduced, or\n(b) the person is discharged by virtue of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016.\n(3) Where a person is disqualified under subsection (1)(b), the disqualification ceases if—\n(a) the adjudication of bankruptcy against the person is annulled, or\n(b) the person is discharged.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 73(2)(b) substituted (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), s. 237(2), sch. 8 para. 25 (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/6/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:00.103957+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."
}