Sale of Goods.
of the goods or his personal representative, notwithstanding any intermediate dealing with them, whether by sale in accordance with the provisions of section 24 or otherwise.
(2) Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, where goods have been obtained by fraud or other wrongful means not amounting to larceny, the property in such goods shall not revest in the person who was the owner of the goods, or his personal representative, by reason only of the conviction of the offender.
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27. (1) Where a person having sold goods continues or is in possession of the goods, or of the documents of title to the goods, the delivery or transfer by that person, or by a mercantile agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title, under any sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof, to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale, shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same.
(2) Where a person having bought or agreed to buy goods obtains, with the consent of the seller, possession of the goods or the documents of title to the goods, the delivery or transfer by that person, or by a mercantile agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title, under any sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof, to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of any lien or other right of the original seller in respect of the goods, shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were a mercantile agent in possession of the goods or documents of title with the consent of the owner.
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(3) In this section, "mercantile agent" has the same meaning as in the Factors Ordinance.
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28. (1) A writ of fieri facias or other writ of execution against goods shall bind the property in the goods of the execution debtor as from the time when the writ is delivered to the bailiff to be executed; and, for the better manifestation of such time, it shall be the duty of the bailiff, without fee, upon the receipt of any such writ to indorse
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Sale of Goods.
of the goods or his personal representative, notwithstanding any intermediate dealing with them, whether by sale in accordance with the provisions of section 24 or otherwise.
(2) Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, where goods have been obtained by fraud or other wrongful means not amounting to larceny, the property in such goods shall not revest in the person who was the owner of the goods, or his personal representative, by reason only of the conviction of the offender.
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27. (1) Where a person having sold goods continues or is in possession of the goods, or of the documents of title to the goods, the delivery or transfer by that person, or by a mercantile agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title, under any sale, pledge, or other disposition there- of, to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale, shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the.
same.
(2) Where a person having bought or agreed to buy goods obtains, with the consent of the seller, possession of the goods or the documents of title to the goods, the delivery or transfer by that person, or by a mercantile agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title, under any sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof, to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of any lien or other right of the original seller in respect of the goods, shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were a mercantile agent in possession of the goods or documents of title with the con- sent of the owner.
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after sale.
(3) In this section, "mercantile agent" has the same meaning as in the Factors Ordinance.
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writ of
28. (1) A writ of fieri facias or other writ of execu- Effect of tion against goods shall bind the property in the goods of execution." the execution debtor as from the time when the writ is de- livered to the bailiff to be executed; and, for the better manifestation of such time, it shall be the duty of the bailiff, without fee, upon the receipt of any such writ to indorse
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