{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/witnesses-public-inquiries-protection-act-1892/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/witnesses-public-inquiries-protection-act-1892/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/55-56/64",
  "legislation_title": "Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/witnesses-public-inquiries-protection-act-1892",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application to Scotland.",
  "text": "In the application of this Act to Scotland the following modifications shall have effect:—\n(1) A court of summary jurisdiction means the sheriff.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Judgment debt means a civil debt, and such debt may be recovered in any competent court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(2) repealed by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7). Sch. 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/55-56/64/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:48.888380+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."
}