Lawgist137Saving of negotiable instruments, etc
1[137. Saving of negotiable instruments, etc.-- Nothing in the foregoing sections of this Chapter applies to stocks, shares or debentures, or to instruments which are for the time being, by law or custom, negotiable, or to any mercantile document of title to goods.
Explanation.-- The expression "mercantile document of title to goods" includes a bill of lading, dock-warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, railway receipt, warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.]
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1. Ins. by s. 4, ibid.
- 130 Transfer of actionable claim
- 130A Repealed
- 131 Notice to be in writing, signed
- 132 Liability of transferee of actionable claim
- 133 Warranty of solvency of debtor
- 134 Mortgaged debt
- 135 Assignment of rights under policy of insurance against fire
- 135A [Repealed.]
- 136 Incapacity of officers connected with Courts of Justice
- 137 Saving of negotiable instruments, etc
