{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Restrictions on times when poinding may be executed.",
  "text": "(1) No poinding shall be executed on Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday or such other day as may be prescribed by Act of Sederunt.\n(2) The execution of a poinding shall not—\n(a) be commenced before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.; or\n(b) be continued after 8 p.m.,\nunless the officer of court has obtained prior authority from the sheriff for such commencement or continuation; and any rule of law which prohibits poindings outwith the hours of daylight shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:44.895234+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."
}