# Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Section 77: Appointment of messenger-at-arms.


(1) The Court of Session, on an application made under this section by a sheriff officer, may find the applicant suitable to be appointed as a messenger-at-arms and recommend such appointment to the Lord Lyon King of Arms; and, on receipt of such a recommendation, the Lord Lyon King of Arms may grant the applicant a commission as a messenger-at-arms.
(2) A messenger-at-arms shall not be authorised by his commission as messenger-at-arms to execute a warrant granted by a sheriff or sheriff clerk.
(3) A messenger-at-arms shall cease to be entitled to hold a commission as messenger-at-arms if he no longer holds a commission as a sheriff officer.
(4) Any rule of law and any other enactment regulating the appointment of messengers-at-arms shall cease to have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/section/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-77
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