{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-factors-act-1849/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-factors-act-1849/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/12-13/51",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Factors Act 1849",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-factors-act-1849",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "and to report to the lord ordinary or the court the factor’s failure in duty.",
  "text": "The accountant shall, at all times when requisite, report to the lord ordinary or the court any disobedience of any requisition or order, and any misconduct or failure in duty on the part of a factor, or any claims arising against a dismissed factor or a factor’s cautioner, or against the representatives of a factor or cautioner deceased; and it shall be competent for the lord ordinary or the court, on the accountant’s report, to deal immediately with the matter as accords of law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/12-13/51/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:27:43.517129+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."
}