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Chapter 29 PROOF

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  1. 29.1Reference to oath
  2. 29.2Remit to person of skill
  3. 29.3Written statements
  4. 29.4Renouncing probation
  5. 29.5Orders for proof
  6. 29.6Hearing parts of proof separately
  7. 29.7Citation of witnesses
  8. 29.8Citation of witnesses by party litigants
  9. 29.9Second diligence against a witness
  10. 29.10Failure of witness to attend
  11. 29.11Lodging productions
  12. 29.12Copy productions
  13. 29.13Returning borrowed parts of process and productions before proof
  14. 29.14Notices to admit and notices of non-admission
  15. 29.15Instruction of shorthand writer
  16. 29.16Administration of oath or affirmation to witnesses
  17. 29.17Proof to be taken continuously
  18. 29.17AProof management hearing
  19. 29.18Recording of evidence
  20. 29.19Rulings on admissibility of evidence: leave to appeal
  21. 29.20Parties to be heard at close of proof

Notes on Schedule First

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, para. 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 applied (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), ss. 121(5), 237(2) (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2

C2

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/301), paras. 1(2), (4), 2 (with para. 1(5))

C3

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission of Documents) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/302), paras. 1(2), 2(1), 3-5