ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1886 . 1973
Bills of Sale.
of personal chattels , and also powers of attorney , author
ities , 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
cr 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 purport
ing 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 con
struction of sections 8 , 10 , (sub- section 1 ) , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , [45 & 46 V.
c. 43. s. 3.]
16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 23 , of this Ordinance , the said expression
shall not include bills of sale or other instruments herein
before 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
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 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