Section 137. Saving of negotiable instruments, etc

137. Saving of negotiable instruments, etc. - THE SCHEDULE. THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882 ACT NO. 4 OF 1882 [17 th February, 1882.] 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.] 1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1944, s. 3, for s. 135. 2. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. THE SCHEDULE (a) STATUTES |Year and Chapter||Subject|Extent of repeal| |---|---|---|---| |27 Hen Year VIII, c.|10|Uses. . .|The whole.| |13<br>Eliz., c. 5..|. .|Fraudulent conveyances|The whole.| |27<br>Eliz., c. 4..|. .|Fraudulent conveyances|The whole.| |4 Mm., and Mary, c. 16||Clandestine mortgages|The whole.| (b) ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL |Number andyear|Subject|Extent of repeal|| |---|---|---|---| |IX of 1842 ……|Lease and release .|The whole.|| |XXXI of 1854….|Modes of conveying<br>land.|Section 17.|| |XI of 1855…|Mesne profits and<br>improvements.|Section 1; in the title, the words<br>"to mesne profits and", and in<br>the preamble "to limit the<br>liability for mesne profitand".|| |XXVII of 1866…..|Indian Trustee Act|Section 31.|| |IV_of_1872_……_<br>XX of 1875….|Punjab Laws Act<br>Central Provinces Laws<br>Act|So<br>far<br>as<br>it relates<br>to<br>Bengal<br>Regulations I of 1798 and XVII of<br>1806.<br>So<br>far<br>as it relates<br>to<br>Bengal Regulations I of<br>1798 and XVII of 1806.|| |||So<br>far<br>as<br>it|| |XVIII of 1876 …..<br>I of 1877……|Oudh Laws Act<br>Specific Relief|relates to<br>Bengal<br>Regulation XVII of 1806.<br>In sections 35 and 36, the word<br>writing".|<br>"in| ||(c) REGULATIONS||| |Number and year|Subject|Extent of repeal|| |Bengal Regulation I of<br>1798|Conditional sales|The whole Regulation.|| |Bengal Regulation<br>XVII of 1806.|Redemption|The whole Regulation.|| |Bombay Regulation V<br>of 1827.|Acknowledgment of<br>debts; Interest;<br>Mortgagees in<br>possession.|Section 15.|| _____________