137: Saving of negotiable instruments, etc

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, dockwarrant, warehousekeeper’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 authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.] THE SCHEDULE Year and chapter Subject Extent of repeal (a) STATUTES 27 Hen. VIII, c.10 Uses The whole. 13 Eliz., c.5 Fraudulent conveyances The whole. 27 Eliz., c.4 Fraudulent conveyances The whole. 4 Wm. and Mary, c.16 Clandestine mortgages The whole. (b) ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] XI of 1855 Mesne profits and improvements. Section 1; in the title, the words “to mesne profits and,” and in the preamble “to limit the liability for mesne profits and”. XXVII of 1866 [*] Trustee Act Section 31. IV of 1872 Punjab Laws Act So far as it relates to Bengal Regulations I of 1798 and XVII of 1806. [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] [* *] I of 1877 Specific Relief . . In sections 35 and 36, the words “in writing”. [* *] Date: 21-01-2025

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