S12 [ 12 of 1886. ] BILLS OF SALE .
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 anthorise, either by
indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such
document to transfer or receive goods thereby re
presented : provided always that in the construction
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17, 18, 19 , 23 , of this ordinance, the said expression
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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, furni
ture, and other articles capable of complete transfer
hy delivery, and ( when separately assigned or charged )
fixtures and growing crops, but shall not include
fixtures ( except trade machinery as hereinafter de
fined ), when assigned together with any interest in
any land or building to wbich they are affixed , 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 incorpo
rated or joint stock companies, nor choses in action ,
nor any stock or produce upon any farın or lands
which by virtue of any covenant or agreement ought
not to be removed from any farm where the same are
at the time of making or giving of such bill of sale :
Personal chattels shall be deemed to be in the apparent
possession of the person making or giving a bill of sale,
so long as they remain or are in or upon any house ,
mill, warehouse, building, works, yard , land, or other
premises, occupied by him , or are used and enjoyed
by him in any place whatsoever notwithstanding that
formal possession thereof may have been taken by or
given to any other person :
Registrar shall mean the Registrar of the Supreme Court
or his deputy.
Affidavit shall include any affirmation or declaration of any
person by law allowed to make an affirmation or
declaration in lieu of an affidavit.
Prescribed means prescribed by rules made under the
provisions of this ordinance.