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by evidence (by a medical certificate or otherwise) vouching to the satisfaction of the said Clerk that the applicant is or will be, by reason of pregnancy or some other feminine condition or ailment, unfit to attend and serve as a juror at the trial.

(ii) Applications duly made as herein provided for shall be dealt with by the said Clerk, who shall have power to dispose of them after such consultation with a judge competent to try the case as he may think necessary. Intimation of the granting or refusal of the application shall be made to the applicant by the Clerk.

(iii) Any such juror whose application for exemption is granted shall as regards liability for future jury service be in the same position as if she had not been included in the List of the Assize on which she is exempted from serving.

IX. Every citation upon a woman to attend as a juror shall contain a notification as nearly as may be in terms of the Schedule hereto.

X. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice:

(a) The right of the judge presiding at any trial at any time before the jury is empannelled to grant exemption in his discretion to a woman from serving as a juror in any case in respect of any of the reasons provided for in the Act; nor

(b) Any power presently exercised by any Clerk of Court or the Clerk of Justiciary, or by any judge presiding at a trial to excuse at any time any person summoned to attend as a juror from attendance.

F.-GENERAL.

XI. This Act of Adjournal shall not apply to any case for the trial of which a jury shall have been requisitioned prior to the sixteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

XII. The Lords appoint this Act of Adjournal to be printed and published in "The Edinburgh Gazette," and also direct that copies thereof be laid, as soon as may be, before both Houses of Parliament. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

SCHEDULE.

(Notice to be endorsed on the Citation served on a Woman summoned to

serve as a Juror.)
NOTICE.

The person on whom this citation is served may apply to be exempted from service under it on account of pregnancy or other feminine condition or ailment unfitting her for the time being from serving on a jury:

Provided that notice of application for exemption is given to [design the Clerk of Court, Sheriff-Clerk of the District of the Court of the second diet, or the Clerk of Justiciary (as the case may be)] as soon as possible after receipt of this citation, and in any event (unless on special cause shewn) not later than the third day before the diet of trial mentioned in this citation: and that such application is supported by evidence (by a medical certificate or otherwise) vouching to the satisfaction of the said Clerk that the applicant is, or will be, by reason of pregnancy or some other feminine condition or ailment, unfit to attend and serve as a juror at the trial. J. A. CLYDE.

ACT OF SEDERUNT REGULATING THE PROCEDURE UNDER THE SEX DISQUALIFICATION (REMOVAL) ACT 1919, WITH REFERENCE TO JURY TRIALS IN THE COURT OF SESSION AND IN THE SHERIFF COURT, AND TO FATAL ACCIDENT ENQUIRIES. [Edinburgh, 5th February 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. V. cap. 71), and

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the Jurors (Enrolment of Women) (Scotland) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. V. cap. 53), and of all other powers vested in them, do hereby enact, provide and declare as follows, viz.:

1. Any application by the parties or any of them under section 1 (b) of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 shall be made by motion

(a) In the case of an action tried by jury in the Court of Session or in the Sheriff Court, at the time when a date is appointed for the trial, or, if a new trial is ordered, at the time when a date is appointed for such new trial; (b) In the case of a petition under the Fatal Accidents Enquiry (Scotland) Act 1895, at the time when the Order directing a public enquiry and specifying the time at which the same shall be held is pronounced.

2. (a) In all cases in which a precept is issued, according to the existing law and practice, for the preparation of a List of Jurors, the precept shall state in the event of any Order having been made under section 1 (b) of the said Act, either on the motion of any of the parties or in the discretion of the judge, that the list is to be composed of men only or of women only, as the case may be.

(b) In all these cases the Clerk who, according to the existing law and practice, makes up the panel or List of Jurors shall make up such panel or list so that the same is composed of men only, or of women only, as the case may be.

3. Where no Order has been made under section 1 (b) of the said Act, the List of Jurors prepared in pursuance of such precept shall be composed, as nearly as possible, of equal numbers of men and women jurors; and the proportion of men and women respectively included in such list or panel as special jurors shall, as nearly as possible, be equal.

4. The names of all the persons appearing on such list or panel shall be placed in the appropriate box or glass, according as they are special or common jurors, but irrespective of whether they are men or women; and the ballot shall be carried through according to the method heretofore in use.

5. Any woman summoned to serve on a jury shall be entitled to apply to be exempted from service on account of pregnancy or other feminine condition or ailment, subject to the following conditions:

(a) Application for exemption shall be made by her to the Clerk of the Court in which the cause is to be tried by jury, or the enquiry held, as soon as may be after receipt of the citation, and unless on special cause shewn not later than the third day before the date appointed for such trial or enquiry, and the same shall be supported by evidence (by medical certificate or otherwise) vouching to the satisfaction of the said Clerk that the applicant is, or will be, by reason of pregnancy or other feminine condition or ailment, unfit to attend and serve as a juror at the trial or enquiry;

(b) Applications duly made as herein provided for shall be dealt with by the said Clerk, who shall have power to dispose of them after such consultation with a judge competent to try the cause or to hold the enquiry as he may think necessary; and intimation of the granting or refusing of such application shall be made to the applicant by the Clerk;

(c) Every citation upon a woman to attend as a juror shall contain a notification as nearly as may be in the terms of the Schedule hereto;

(d) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the judge presiding at any trial or enquiry at any time before the jury is empanelled to grant exemption in his discretion to a woman from serving as a juror in any case in respect of any of the reasons provided for in the Act; nor any power presently exercised by the Clerk of Court or by any judge presiding at such trial or enquiry to excuse at any time any person summoned to attend as a juror from attendance.

6. This Act of Sederunt shall not apply to any trial or enquiry the date of which has been appointed or fixed prior to 16th February 1921.

And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

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SCHEDULE.

(Notice to be endorsed on the Citation served on a Woman summoned
to serve as a Juror.)

NOTICE.

The person on whom this citation is served may apply to be exempted from service under it on account of pregnancy or other feminine condition or ailment unfitting her for the time being from serving on a jury:

Provided that notice of application for exemption is given to . . . . [design the Clerk of Court] as soon as possible after receipt of this citation, and in any event (unless on special cause shewn) not later than the third day before the diet of trial or enquiry mentioned in this citation: and that such application is supported by evidence (by a medical certificate or otherwise) vouching to the satisfaction of the said Clerk that the applicant is or will be, by reason of pregnancy or some other feminine condition or ailment, unfit to attend and serve as a juror at the trial.

ACT OF SEDERUNT TO REGULATE APPEALS TO THE SHERIFF UNDER THE FIREARMS ACT 1920 (10 & 11 GEO. V. CAP. 43), SECTION 1 (5). [Edinburgh, 22nd February 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1 and 17 of the Firearms Act 1921, do hereby enact and declare as follows, viz. :

Appeals to the Sheriff under section 1 (5) of the said Firearms Act 1920 shall be by initial writ under the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Acts 1907 and 1913 (7 Edw. VII. cap. 51, and 2 & 3 Geo. V. cap. 28), and the proceedings thereon shall be as laid down in these statutes.

And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

ACT OF SEDERUNT TO REGULATE APPEALS TO THE SHERIFF UNDER THE FIREARMS ACT 1920 (10 & 11 GEO. V. CAP. 43), SECTIONS 1 (4) AND 8 (4). [Edinburgh, 3rd March 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1, 8, and 17 of the Firearms Act 1920, do hereby enact and declare as follows, viz. :

Appeals to the Sheriff under section 1 (4) or section 8 (4) of the said Firearms Act 1920 shall be by initial writ under the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Acts 1907 and 1913 (7 Edw. VII. cap. 51, and 2 & 3 Geo. V. cap. 28), and the proceedings thereon shall be as laid down in these statutes.

The Act of Sederunt of 22nd February 1921 is hereby repealed.

And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

ACT OF SEDERUNT APPOINTING AN EXAMINER OF LAW AGENTS TO SUPPLY A VACANCY. [Edinburgh, 4th March 1921.]

WHEREAS a vacancy has occurred in the Board of Examiners of Law Agents appointed by various Acts of Sederunt by the resignation of James Mercer Irvine, LL.B., K.C., the Lords, in pursuance of the statute 36 & 37 Vict. cap. 62, section 8, hereby nominate and appoint Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, LL.B., Advocate, Professor of Law in the University of Aberdeen, to be an Examiner for the purposes of the said statute, to act along with the remanent Examiners appointed as aforesaid.

And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

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ACT OF SEDERUNT TO AMEND C.A.S., BOOK A, CHAPTER VI., SECTION 2, ANENT DUES PAYABLE BY INTRANT ADVOCATES. [Edinburgh, 18th May 1921.] THE Lords of Council and Session having considered the letter of the Dean of Faculty submitting a report of a Committee of Faculty and relative resolution of the Faculty of Advocates anent Fees payable by Intrant Advocates of date 18th March last, find that the proposal and resolution of the Dean and Faculty of Advocates are reasonable and fully supported by the grounds set forth in said letter and report; and therefore the Lords do approve of the said resolution, and hereby give effect to the same by amending C.A.S., Book A, Chapter vi., section 2, anent Dues payable by Intrant Advocates by substituting the sum of £300 for the sum of £200 therein prescribed.

And the Lords direct this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

ACT OF SEDERUNT TO AMEND C.A.S., BOOK A, CHAPTER V., REGULATING THE TRANSMISSION OF UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE LORD CLERK REGISTER. [Edinburgh, 16th June 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session, considering that difficulties have arisen in carrying out the provisions of C.A.S., Book A, Chapter v., regulating the transmission of unextracted processes by the Clerks of Session to the Lord Clerk Register's Department in so far as they refer to the productions in such processes, and that it is advisable that the provisions therein in this respect be amended and brought into conformity with the existing practice in regard to the transmission of extracted processes, do hereby amend said C.A.S., Book A, Chapter v., and enact and declare as follows:

(1) The words "or productions" wherever appearing in said C.A.S., Book A, Chapter v., are hereby deleted.

(2) If any productions are unborrowed in a process which falls to be transmitted to the Department of the Lord Clerk Register as an unextracted process, the Clerk to the process shall send by letter to the parties to the cause or their known agents an intimation in the terms of Schedule A hereto annexed; and if the productions or any of them are not borrowed up within the time specified in such intimation, they shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as may be directed by the Principal Clerk of Session, and a note that this has been done shall be put upon the Inventory of Process by the Clerk to the process prior to its transmission to the Department of the Lord Clerk Register.

(3) Further considering that there are lying in the offices of the Clerks of Court and of the Lord Clerk Register certain productions belonging to unextracted processes already transmitted to the Lord Clerk Register's Department, grant warrant to the Principal Clerk of Session to have such productions, other than principal documents, suitably disposed of, and that without any public intimation other than this Act. And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

In terms of Act of Sederunt of 16th June 1921 amending C.A.S., Book A, Chapter v., anent unextracted processes, I hereby intimate to you that the process in the above cause is about to be transmitted to the Department of the Lord Clerk Register, and that there are productions in the process which it is necessary for you to borrow up within one calendar month from the date hereof, under certification that any productions remaining unborrowed after expiry of said month will be

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destroyed or otherwise disposed of as may be directed by the Principal Clerk of Session. I am, yours faithfully,

H.M. NEW REGISTER HOUSE,
EDINBURGH, [date].

Clerk to the Process.

ACT OF SEDERUNT TO REGULATE PROCEEDINGS BY A PATENTEE FOR LEAVE
TO AMEND HIS SPECIFICATIONS PENDENTE LITE UNDER THE PATENTS AND
DESIGNS ACTS 1907 AND 1919.
[Edinburgh, 7th July 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session do hereby enact and ordain as follows:

1. The application shall be made by motion in the proceedings before the Court, and notice of such motion, together with a King's Printer's copy of the specification shewing in red ink the amendment proposed to be made, shall be served on the parties to such proceedings, and in the first instance upon such parties only.

2. On the hearing of such motion the Court shall decide whether, and on what terms as to expenses or otherwise, the application shall be allowed to proceed.

3. If the application be allowed to proceed, the applicant shall forthwith serve the Comptroller with a copy of the notice of motion together with such copy specification as aforesaid, and also a copy of the order allowing the application to proceed, and also with the name and address of the applicant's solicitor, and the proposed amendment shall be advertised in the "Illustrated Official Journal (Patents)," such advertisement stating that any person desiring to oppose the amendment must within fourteen days of the issue of the advertisement give notice in writing of such desire to the applicant's solicitor, whose name and address for that purpose shall be also stated in the advertisement. Any person giving such notice shall be entitled to be heard upon the hearing of the motion.

4. Within seven days after the receipt of any such notice the applicant shall, if the person giving such notice shall have stated therein an address for service within the United Kingdom, serve on such a person a copy of the notice of motion together with such copy of the specification as aforesaid, and also a copy of the order allowing the application to proceed. Such service may be made by prepaid registered letter sent to such person through the post at his address for service.

5. The Court shall then, not later than seven days after such service, appoint a day to hear the applicant and all parties desiring and entitled to be heard, and shall, after such hearing, if the application can be disposed of without evidence, dispose thereof, or if evidence is necessary, appoint a date for hearing evidence, and shall take the evidence, hear parties, and dispose of the application.

6. Where the Court allows a specification to be amended, the applicant shall forthwith lodge with the Comptroller an office copy of the order allowing such amendment, and the Comptroller shall advertise the same once at least in the "Illustrated Official Journal (Patents)." He shall also, if required so to do by the Court or by the Comptroller, leave at the Patent Office a new specification and drawings as amended, the same being prepared as far as may be in accordance with the rules of the Patent Office for the time being in force.

7. In this Act the Court shall mean the Lord Ordinary or the Division before which the action is pending when the application is made.

And the Lords appoint this Act to be entered in the Books of Sederunt, and to be printed and published in common form. J. A. CLYDE, I.P.D.

ACT OF SEDERUNT FURTHER AMENDING C.A.S., BOOK M, CHAPTER V., SECTION 2, AND SCHEDULE B, ANENT FEES PAYABLE TO CLERKS OF THE PEACE UNDER THE LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1903 OR OTHERWISE. [Edinburgh, 8th July 1921.]

THE Lords of Council and Session, in respect that an application under and in terms of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 (3 Edw. VII. cap. 25, section 27 (3)) has been presented by the Lord Advocate representing that the fees payable to