Court of Session Act 1821

X Provision for the better conducting the Business of the Teind Court.

And whereas the Provisions heretofore made for the more regularly conducting the Business before the Teind Court, and bringing the Processes of Augmentation and Locality which come before it to a Conclusion, have been found insufficient in Practice, and other Provisions and Regulations are required; be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Court of Session, as Commissioners for Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds, to pass any Act or Acts of Sederunt from Time to Time regulating the Form and Manner of Proceedings in all Processes of Augmentation and Locality that may come before them, in such Manner as they may see proper and expedient for the Dispatch of Business, and for bringing such Processes to a final Conclusion: Provided always, that Copies of all such Acts of Sederunt shall be transmitted by the President of the Court of Session to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, to be by him laid before both Houses of Parliament, at or immediately after the Commencement of the ensuing Session ; and no such Act or Acts of Sederunt shall become in force or receive effect, until the Expiration of Three Calendar Months after the First Day of the Meeting of such Session of Parliament.