§ MR. MORTONI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether procurators fiscal are entitled to be elected and sit on Scottish county councils.
THE LORD-ADVOCATE (Mr. THOMAS SHAW, Hawick Burghs)Under a regulation by the Lord-Advocate dated 25th November, 1889, procurators fiscal were directed not to allow themselves to be nominated as candidates, nor interfere in any way in the election of county councillors. That regulation is still in force, and I have no intention of in any respect abrogating it.
§ MR. MORTONI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether procurators fiscal are allowed to carry on private practice or business in the towns or counties for which they act.
§ MR. THOMAS SHAWThe question whether a procurator fiscal is entitled to carry on private practice or business depends on the terms of his commission. In every case where it is possible, the policy has been to restrict the procurators fiscal entirely to their official work.