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
Legal Issues
- 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.
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