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ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1886 . 1979


Bills of Sale.


( 4. ) If the grantor shall not without reasonable excuse upon
demand in writing by the grantee produce to him his
last receipts for rent, rates and taxes ;

( 5. ) If execution shall have been levied against the goods of
the grantor under any judgment at law ;

Provided that the grantor may within five days from the seizure or taking
possession of any chattels on account of any of the above mentioned

causes apply to the Court or to a Judge thereof in Chambers , and such
Court or Judge if satisfied that by payment of money or otherwise the
said cause of seizure no longer exists, may restrain the grantee from
removing or selling the said chattels or may make such other order as
may seem just.

16. A bill of sale made or given by way of security for the payment Form of bill
of sale.
of money by the grantor thereof shall be void unless made in accordance [45 & 46 V. c.
43. s. 9.1
with the form in the schedule B hereto .


17. Every bill of sale made or given in consideration of any sum Bill of sale
under $150
under one hundred and fifty dollars shall be void. to be void.
[45 & 46 V. c.
43, s. 12. ]
18. All personal chattels seized or of which possession is taken after Chattels not
to be removed
the commencement of this Ordinance under or by virtue of any bill of or sold.
[ Ibid. 8. 13. ]
sale ( whether registered before or after the commencement of this Ordi
nance ) shall remain on the premises where they were so seized or so
taken possession of and shall not be removed or sold until after the expi
ration of five clear days from the day they were so seized or so taken
possession of.

19. A bill of sale to which this Ordinance applies shall be no protec Bill of sale
not to protect
tion in respect of personal chattels included in such bill of sale which but chattels
against taxes
for such bill of sale would have been liable to distress under a warrant or and rates.
[Ibid. s. 14.]
order for the recovery of taxes and rates .

20. The Registrar shall keep a book ( in this Ordinance called " the Form of
register.
register" ) for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall , upon the filing [ 142 V. c.
31 , s. 12. ]
of any bill of sale or copy under this Ordinance, enter therein in the form
set forth in the schedule C hereto , or in any other prescribed form , the
name, residence, and occupation of the person by whom the bill was made
.

or given (or in case the same was made or given by any person under or
in the execution of process , then the name, residence, and occupation of