CLAUSE 16.—(Power to regulate procedure, etc., by Act of Sederunt.) (Hansard, 18 July 1933)

§ The LORD ADVOCATE
I beg to move, in page 10, line 8, to leave out the words "or remit,"and to insert instead thereof the words: removal, remit, stated case, or other like process. This is a purely verbal Amendment.

§ Mr. C. WILLIAMS
This seems to me to be more than a verbal Amendment, for "removal"is different from "remit"and then "stated case, or other like process"is added. If this is purely verbal, "verbal"must have a new interpretation in the Lord Advocate's mind. May we have an explanation for the addition of these words?

§ The LORD ADVOCATE
This Amendment is really verbal. If my hon. Friend will look at Clause 16 he will find that it provides: The court shall have power by Act of Sederunt to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in various categories of causes in the court or in execution or diligence following on such causes, whether initiated in the said court or brought there by way of appeal or remit. The words "appeal or remit"were probably wide enough to cover all that was desired, but when you look at some of the Statutes you find that in some of them, instead of the word "remit,"the word "removal"is used. In order that there may be no difficulty in making the new rules as to cases to be brought to the superior court wide enough whether by way of appeal or removal or remit or by any other process known to law, we thought it better to state these matters explicitly.