ukpga/Vict/43-44/34 — Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880

Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880 1880 c.34 An Act to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, and to provide for the better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; and for other purposes. [7th September 1880] Short title. 1 This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880. Extent of title. 2 This Act shall extend to Scotland only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Abolition of imprisonment for debt, with certain exceptions. 4 With the exceptions herein-after mentioned, no person shall be apprehended or imprisoned on account of any civil debt. There shall be excepted from the operation of the above enactment,— 1 Taxes, fines, or penalties due to Her Majesty, and rates and assessments lawfully imposed or to be imposed: 1 Fines imposed for contempt of court or under section 91 of the Court of Session Act 1868. 2 Sums decerned for aliment: Provided that no person shall be imprisoned in any case excepted from the operation of this section for a longer period than twelve months. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect or prevent the apprehension or imprisonment of any person under a warrant granted against him as being in meditatione fugæ, or under any decree or obligation ad factum præstandum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .