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2After section 13 of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 there shall be inserted the following section—
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, a person shall be disqualified for being appointed or acting as a justice of the peace if he is a person whose estate has been sequestrated in Scotland or who has been adjudged bankrupt elsewhere than in Scotland.
(2)Where a person is disqualified under this section by reason of his estate having been sequestrated, the disqualification shall cease if and when—
(a)the award of sequestration is recalled or reduced; or
(b)he is discharged under or by virtue of the [1985 c. 66.] Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985.
(3)Where a person is disqualified under this section by reason of having been adjudged bankrupt, the disqualification shall cease if and when—
(a)the adjudication of bankruptcy against him is annulled; or
(b)he is discharged.”.
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