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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-54.4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907",
  "path": "schedule/First/paragraph/54.4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "54.4",
  "heading": "Production: no objection by defender",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a defender does not state an objection to satisfying a crave for production of a document sought to be reduced.\n(2) The defender must, when lodging defences—\n(a) lodge in process any such document in the defender’s possession or control; and\n(b) make a motion to hold production satisfied (or satisfied in respect of the document lodged).\n(3) If the defender does not do so, the pursuer may make a motion for decree by default.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Chs. 53, 54 inserted (25.5.2015) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Proving the Tenor and Reduction) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/176), paras. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/First/paragraph/54.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:51.257811+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."
}