Registrar-General for Scotland Petitioner [1923] ScotLR 239 (01 February 1923)

Registrar-General for Scotland Petitioner [1923] ScotLR 239 (01 February 1923)

The Court, being satisfied as to the facts of loss, destruction, mutilation, and illegibility of the registers, and in accordance with the statutory procedure, granted authority to renew or replace the affected duplicate registers as prayed by the petitioner.

Citation
[1923] ScotLR 239
Parties
Petitioner: Registrar-General for Scotland
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
01 February 1923
Procedural Posture
Petition / Final Judgment
Outcome
Petition granted
Legal Topics
Renewal of Duplicate Registers, Loss and Mutilation of Public Records, Registration of Births, Deaths, And Marriages

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Parties

Registrar-General for Scotland

Petitioner

Procedural Posture

Petition / Final Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the Court should grant authority to renew in whole or in part certain duplicate registers due to loss, destruction, mutilation, or illegibility

Ratio Decidendi

The Court, being satisfied as to the facts of loss, destruction, mutilation, and illegibility of the registers, and in accordance with the statutory procedure, granted authority to renew or replace the affected duplicate registers as prayed by the petitioner.

Court Disposition

Petition granted

Orders

  • Authority granted to renew in whole or in part the specified duplicate registers for Woodside (Aberdeen), Glasserton (Wigtownshire), and St Monance (Fife-shire) as set out in the petition.
  • New duplicates to be authenticated by the Registrar-General and to have the same force and validity as the originals.