{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-teinds-scotland-act-1864/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-teinds-scotland-act-1864/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/33",
  "legislation_title": "Fish Teinds (Scotland) Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-teinds-scotland-act-1864",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Where submission has been entered into by minister of any parish before passing of this Act, presbytery to be bound by award, &c.",
  "text": "Wherever in any parish where fish teinds are payable a submission has before the passing of this Act been entered into by the minister of such parish, the presbytery, and those liable in the said teinds, or persons authorized to act for them, for the commutation of the said teinds, and for a settlement of any arrears of the said teinds, or for either of such purposes, and there has been an award under such submission finding the capital sum for which the said teinds shall be commuted, and the terms on which such arrears, if any, shall be settled, then the said submission and the said award and the findings comprised therein shall be held valid and binding on the parties to the said submission; and it shall be competent to any of such parties to lay the said submission and award before the sheriff of the county in which such parish is situated, and the sheriff, after such intimation as he shall think fit, shall inquire into and determine whether the said submission has been entered into by the proper parties, or by persons duly authorized to act for them, and whether the questions submitted have been ascertained and decided by the said award; and the said sheriff shall have authority to direct the sheriff clerk of the said county to engross the said award in the sheriff court books in the said county, and to fix the costs of all proceedings before him; and such deliverance shall be final and conclusive, and thereupon such award shall be as binding and effectual as if it had been specially ratified by this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/33/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:33.477682+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."
}