# Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, Section 50: Summary applications.


In summary applications (where a hearing is necessary) the sheriff principal shall appoint the application to be heard at a diet to be fixed by him, and at that or any subsequent diet (without record of evidence unless the sheriff principal shall order a record) shall summarily dispose of the matter and give his judgment in writing: Provided that wherever in any Act of Parliament an application is directed to be heard, tried, and determined summarily or in the manner provided by section fifty-two of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1876, such direction shall be read and construed as if it referred to this section of this Act: Provided also that nothing contained in this Act shall affect any right of appeal provided by any Act of Parliament under which a summary application is brought.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/section-50
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