# Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958, Section 27: Application to Scotland


This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:—
(1) section six shall have effect, in its application to any investigation held in Scotland, as if for any reference to a summons there were substituted a reference to an order;
(2) subsection (8) of section fourteen shall have effect as if for any reference to a justice of the peace there were substituted a reference to the sheriff, and subsection (11) of the said section shall not apply;
(3) the expression " municipal corporation " means the town council of a burgh.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/45/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-fraud-investments-act-1958/section-27
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