{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1940/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/3-4/42",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1940",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Agreements to prorogate the jurisdiction of the sheriff court.",
  "text": "(1) Any provision or agreement in or in relation to a contract to which this section applies, whereby any party to such contract prorogates, or agrees to submit to, the jurisdiction of a particular sheriff court, shall be void.\n(2) This section applies to—\n(a) any contract for the sale of an article\nand\nb)(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This section does not apply—\n(a) in the case of an agreement entered into after the dispute in respect of which the agreement is intended to have effect has arisen; or\n(b) where the contract is one referred to in Rule 3 of Schedule 8 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word substituted by Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 67), s. 55, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(2)(b)(c) repealed by virtue of Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 4(3) added by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27, SIF 45:3), s. 23(2), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 1 : a previous s. 4(3) was repealed by Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 67), s. 55, Sch. 6"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/3-4/42/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:02.411263+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."
}