Court of Session Act 1839

X Court of Session to have Power to extend the Sittings.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Court of Session and they are hereby authorized and empowered, if there shall be Arrears of Business in the said Court, or as the State of Business otherwise may require, from Time to Time to direct, by Act or Acts of Sederunt, that the Winter and Summer Sessions of the Court of Session or either of them shall be extended, and to specify the Time or Times of such Extension, and the precise Duration thereof, and to direct that such Extension shall apply either to the whole Court of Session or to either of the Divisions thereof, or to all or any of the Lords Ordinary, and to make all Regulations which may be required in consequence of any such Extension, or connected therewith : Provided always, that such Extension shall not on the whole exceed the usual Period of the Sittings of the said Court previous to the passing of this Act by more than the Space of Two Calendar Months in the course of the Year, and that it shall thereafter in like Manner be lawful for the said Court to alter and limit the said Period of Extension from Time to Time as Occasion may require; and provided also, that Sederunt Days shall be reckoned from and regulated by the meeting of the Inner Houses of the Court, and not by the Sittings of the Lords Ordinary.