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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-54.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-54.5.json",
  "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/54.5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "54.5",
  "heading": "Production: pursuer to satisfy",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the pursuer has possession or control of a document in respect of which reduction is craved.\n(2) The pursuer must lodge that document in process with the initial writ.\n(3) The sheriff may, at any stage, order the pursuer to satisfy a crave for production of a document sought to be reduced.\n(4) Where the pursuer does not comply with that order, the defender may make a motion for dismissal.\n(5) When lodging a document under subparagraph (2) or (3), the pursuer must make a motion to hold production satisfied (or satisfied in respect of the document lodged).",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/First/paragraph/54.5",
    "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."
}