. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 In every case where any damage or injury shall be done to any church, chapel, or building for religious worship, or to any house, shop, or other building whatsoever, or any fixtures attached thereto, or any furniture, goods, or commodities therein, by the act or acts of any unlawful, riotous, or tumultuous assembly of persons, or by the act or acts of any person or persons engaged in or making part of such unlawful, riotous, or tumultuous assembly, the party injured or damnified thereby shall be entitled to recover full compensation for the loss or injury, by summary action against the [F2[F3council (being a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994)] within whose area] the loss or injury shall have been sustained, . . . F4; which action shall and may be brought before [F2any competent court in Scotland].
Textual Amendments
F1Recital omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
F2Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 2
F3Words in s. 10 substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 1; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
F4Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 10 applied (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 235(4), 316(2) (with s. 312(1))