ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1886.
Bills of Sale.
of personal chattels, and also powers of attorney, authorities, or licences to take possession of personal chattels as security for any debt, and also any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred, but shall not include the following documents; that is to say, assignments for the benefit of the creditors of the person making or giving the same, marriage settlements, transfers or assignments of any ship or vessel or any share thereof, transfers of goods in the ordinary course of business of any trade or calling, bills of sale of goods in foreign parts or at sea, bills of lading, India warrants, warehousekeepers' certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented: Provided always that in the construction of sections 8, 10, (sub-section 1), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, of this Ordinance, the said expression shall not include bills of sale or other instruments hereinbefore mentioned which may be given otherwise than by way of security for the payment of money.
The expression Personal Chattels shall mean goods, furniture, and other articles capable of complete transfer by delivery, and (when separately assigned or charged) fixtures and growing crops, but shall not include fixtures (except trade machinery as hereinafter defined) when assigned together with any interest in any land or building to which they nor growing crops when assigned together with any interest in the land on which they grow nor shares or interests in the stock, funds, or securities of any Government, or in the capital or property of incorporated or joint stock companies, nor choses in action, nor any stock or produce upon any farm or lands which by virtue of any covenant or agreement ought not to be removed.
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1973
[45 & 46 Vic. 43, s. 3.]