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				Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 52)
				Introductory Text
				Main body
				Part I Prescription
				Positive prescription
				1 Validity of right
				2 Special cases
				3. Positive servitudes and public rights of way.
				4. Judicial interruption of periods of possession for purposes of sections 1, 2 and 3.
				5. Further provisions supplementary to sections 1, 2 and 3.
				Negative Prescription
				6. Extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of five years.
				7. Extinction of obligations by prescriptive periods of twenty years.
				8. Extinction of other rights relating to property by prescriptive periods of twenty years.
				8A. Extinction of obligations to make contributions between wrongdoers.
				9. Definition of "relevant claim" for purposes of sections 6, 7 and 8.
				10. Relevant acknowledgment for purposes of sections 6 and 7.
				11. Obligations to make reparation.
				12. Savings.
				13. Prohibition of contracting out.
				General
				14. Computation of prescriptive periods.
				15. Interpretation of Part I.
				16. Amendments and repeals related to Part I.
				Part II Limitation of Actions
				16A. Part II not to extend to product liability.
				17. Actions in respect of personal injuries not resulting in death.
				18. Actions where death has resulted from personal injuries.
				18A Limitation of defamation and other actions.
				18B. Actions of harassment.
				19A. Power of court to override time-limits etc.
				[19B Actions for recovery of property obtained through unlawful conduct etc.]
				20, 21. . . .
				22. Interpretation of Part II and supplementary provisions.
				Part IIA Prescription of Obligations and Limitation of Actions under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987
				Prescription of Obligations
				22A. Ten years'prescription of obligations.
				Limitation of actions
				22B. 3 year limitation of actions.
				22C. Actions under the 1987 Act where death has resulted from personal injuries.
				Supplementary
				22D. Interpretation of this Part.
				23. . . .
				Part III Supplemental
				23A. Private international law application.
				24. The Crown.
				25. Short title, commencement and extent.
				Schedules
				SCHEDULE 1 Obligations Affected by Prescriptive Periods of Five Years under Section 6
				SCHEDULE 2 Appropriate Dates for Certain Obligations for Purposes of Section 6
				SCHEDULE 3 Rights and Obligations which are Imprescriptible for the Purposes of Sections 7 and 8 and Schedule 1
				SCHEDULE 4 ENACTMENTS AMENDED
				PART I AMENDMENT TAKING EFFECT ON EXPIRATION OF THREE YEARS FROM PASSING OF THIS ACT
				PART II AMENDMENTS TAKING EFFECT ON PASSING OF THIS ACT
				SCHEDULE 5 REPEALS
				PART I REPEALS COMING INTO FORCE ON EXPIRATION OF THREE YEARS FROM PASSING OF THIS ACT
				PART II REPEALS COMING INTO FORCE ON PASSING OF THIS ACT

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