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(1)Where a claim has been made, being—
(a)an action for aliment, or
(b)a claim for an order for financial provision,
the court shall have power, on cause shown, to grant warrant for inhibition or warrant for arrestment on the dependence of the action in which the claim is made and, if it thinks fit, to limit the inhibition to any particular property or to limit the arrestment to any particular property or to funds not exceeding a specified value.
(2)In subsection (1) above, " the court" means the Court of Session in relation to a warrant for inhibition and the Court Of Session or the sheriff, as the case may require, in relation to a warrant for arrestment on the dependence.
(3)This section is without prejudice to section 1 of the [1966 c. 19.] Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966 (wages, pensions, etc, to be exempt from arrestment on the dependence of an action).
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