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HK Historical Laws 香港歷史法例 All

ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1864. 665


Bills of Sale.


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 ofgoods in Foreign Parts
or at sea ; bills of lading ; India warrants ; warehouse keeper's 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 authorizing or purporting to
authorize either by endorsement or by delivery the possessor of such document to
transfer or receive goods thereby represented .
The expression " personal chattels " shall mean goods , furniture, fixtures and other
articles capable of complete transfer by delivery and shall not include chattel interests
in real estate nor shares or interest in the stock, funds, or securities of any Government,
or in the capital or property of any incorporated or joint stock company nor choses in
action nor any stock or produce upon any farm or lands which by virtue of any covenant
or agreement or of the custom of the country, ought not to be removed from any farm
where the same shall be at the time of the 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 the bill of sale so long as they shall remain or be in or upon any
house, mill, warehouse, building works, yard, land, or other premises occupied by him,
or as they shall be 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.



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person divested of made or given. absolute or conditional,
property. and number.




[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 12 of 1886. ]

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