{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/41-42/31",
  "legislation_title": "Bills of Sale Act 1878",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Order and disposition.",
  "text": "Chattels comprised in a bill of sale which has been and continues to be duly registered under this Act shall not be deemed to be in the possession, order, or disposition of the grantor of the bill of sale within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act 1869.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1869 c. 71."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "S. 20 repealed as to bills of sale given by way of security for the payment of money by Bills of Sale Act (1878) Amendment Act 1882 (c. 43), ss. 3, 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/41-42/31/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:45:32.008966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}