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Bills of Sale Act 1891 1891 c.35 An Act to amend the Bills of Sale Act 1890. [21st July 1891]
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Bills of Sale Act 1891
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1 Exemption of securities on imported goods from 41 & 42 Vict. c. 31. and 45 & 46 Vict. c. 43.
Section one of the Bills of Sale Act, 1890, shall be amended so as to read as follows : An instrument charging or creating any security on or declaring trusts of imported goods given or executed at any time prior to their deposit in a warehouse, factory, or store, or to their being reshipped for export, or delivered to a purchaser not being the person giving or executing such instrument, shall not be deemed a bill of sale within the meaning of the Bills of Sale Acts, 1878 and 1882.
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This Act may be cited as the Bills of Sale Act 1891.
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