# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Paragraph 7

Extent: S

(1) Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of a council shall be drawn up and shall be signed at the same or next following meeting of the council by the person presiding thereat, and any minute purporting to be so signed shall be received in evidence without further proof.
(2) Until the contrary is proved, a meeting of a council a minute of whose proceedings has been made and signed in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all the members present at the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/7/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-7/paragraph-7
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