Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (repealed)

9 Jurisdiction. S

(1) The Court of Session shall have jurisdiction in respect of the sequestration of the estate of a living debtor or of a deceased debtor if the debtor had an established place of business in Scotland, or was habitually resident there, at the relevant time.

(2) The Court of Session shall have jurisdiction in respect of the sequestration of the estate of any entity which may be sequestrated by virtue of section 6 of this Act, if the entity—

(a) had an established place of business in Scotland at the relevant time; or

(b) was constituted or formed under Scots law, and at any time carried on business in Scotland.

(3) Notwithstanding that the partner of a firm, whether alive or deceased, does not fall within subsection (1) above, the Court of Session shall have jurisdiction in respect of the sequestration of his estate if a petition has been presented for the sequestration of the estate of the firm of which he is, or was at the relevant time before his decease, a partner and the process of that sequestration is still current.

(4) The provisions of this section shall apply to the sheriff as they apply to the Court of Session but as if for the word “Scotland” wherever it occurs there were substituted the words “the sheriffdom” and in subsection (3) after the word “presented” there were inserted the words “in the sheriffdom”.

(5) In this section “the relevant time” means at any time in the year immediately preceding the date of presentation of the petition or the date of death, as the case may be.