The Imprisonment (Scotland) Act 1856
An Act to exempt Imprisonments under the Act 5 Geo. 4. c. 96. from the Operation of the Act abolishing in Scotland Imprisonment for Civil Debts of small Amount. [14th July 1856.] WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relative to the Arbitration of Disputes between Masters and Workmen, Justices of the Peace are empowered to commit Persons to Prison in certain Cases therein mentioned...