Provides a summary criminal remedy against property grabbers who unlawfully dispossess a lawful owner or occupier.
Key provisions
- Section 3 - prevention of illegal dispossession
- Section 4 - punishment
- Section 7 - interim order for restoration of possession
- Section 8 - trial by the Court of Session
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