# Bills of Sale Act (1878) Amendment Act 1882, Section 3: Construction of Act.


The Bills of Sale Act 1878, is herein-after referred to as “the principal Act,” and this Act shall, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, be construed as one with the principal Act; but unless the context otherwise requires shall not apply to any bill of sale duly registered before the commencement of this Act so long as the registration thereof is not avoided by non-renewal or otherwise.
The expression “bill of sale,” and other expressions in this Act, have the same meaning as in the principal Act, except as to bills of sale or other documents mentioned in section four of the principal Act, which may be given otherwise than by way of security for the payment of money, to which last-mentioned bills of sale and other documents this Act shall not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/45-46/43/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878-amendment-act-1882/section-3
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