Transfer of Property Act, 1882
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.] 1. Subs. b y Act 6 o f 1944, s. 3, for s. 135. THE SCHEDULE (a) STATUTES Year and Chapter Subject Extent of repeal 27 Hen Year VIII, c. 10 Uses. . . The whole. 13 Eliz., c. 5.. . . Fraudulent conveyances The whole. 27 Eliz., c. 4.. . . Fraudulent conveyances The whole. 4 Mm., and Mary, c. 16 Clandestine mortgages The whole. (b) AC TS OF THE GOV E R NO R GEN ER AL I N CO UN CI L Number and year Subject Extent of repeal IX of 1842 ...... Lease and release . The whole. XXXI of 1854.... Modes of conveying land. Section 17. 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 profitand”. XXVII of 1866..... Indian 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. XX of 1875.... Central Provinces Laws Act So far as it relates to Bengal Regulations I of 1798 and XVII of 1806. XVIII of 1876 ..... Oudh Laws Act So far as it relates to Bengal Regulation XVII of 1806. I of 1877...... Specific Relief In sections 35 and 36, the word “in writing”. (c) REGULATIONS Number and year Subject Extent of repeal Bengal Regulation I of Conditional sales The whole Regulation. Bengal Regulation XVII of 1806. Redemption The whole Regulation. Bombay Regulation V of 1827. Acknowledgment of debts; Interest; Mortgagees in possession. Section 15.