# Judicial Factors Act 1849, Section 21: When malversation suspected, a case to be submitted to Her Majesty’s Advocate.


If the accountant shall possess information that shall lead him on reasonable grounds to suspect malversation or misconduct on the part of the factor, such as may infer removal or punishment, he shall be entitled to lay a case before Her Majesty’s Advocate, who shall have power to direct such inquiry and to take such proceedings, by petition and complaint, or otherwise, as he shall think proper.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/12-13/51/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-factors-act-1849/section-21
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