Where houses or other heritable subjects are let for a shorter period than a year, any person by law authorised may present to the [F1sheriff principal] a summary application for removing, and a decree pronounced in such summary cause shall have the full force and effect of a decree of removing and warrant of ejection. Where asuch a let is for a period not exceeding four months, notice of removal therefrom shall, in the absence of express stipulation, be given as many days before the ish as shall be equivalent to at least one-third of the full period of the duration of the let; and where the let exceeds four months, notice of removal shall, in the absence of express stipulation be given at least forty days before the expiry of the said period.
[F2Provided that in no case shall notice of removal be given less than 28 days before the date on which it is to take effect.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4
F2S. 38 proviso added by Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 28), s. 135(3), Sch. 18 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 38 applied (10.6.2002) by Act of Sederunt (Summary Cause Rules) 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/132), art. 2, {Sch. 1 rule 30.3} (with art. 3)