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3(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the amount which a creditor shall be entitled to claim shall not include a debt in so far as its existence or amount depends upon a contingency.
(2)On an application by the creditor—
(a)to the permanent trustee ; or
(b)if there is no permanent trustee, to the sheriff,
the permanent trustee or sheriff shall put a value on the debt in so far as it is contingent, and the amount in respect of which the creditor shall then be entitled to claim shall be that value but no more ; and, where the contingent debt is an annuity, a cautioner may not then be sued for more than that value.
(3)Any interested person may appeal to the sheriff against a valuation under sub-paragraph (2) above by the permanent trustee, and the sheriff may affirm or vary that valuation.
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