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Act No. 2137 Section 44

Warranties on sale of receipt.

Section 44

SEC. 44. Warranties on sale of receipt.—A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt by indorsement or delivery, including one who assigns for value a claim secured by a receipt, unless a contrary intention appears, warrants— (a) That the receipt is genuine, (b) That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it, (cj That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity or worth of the receipt, and (d) That he has a right to transfer the title to the goods and that the goods are merchantable or fit for a particular purpose whenever such warranties would have been implied, if the contract of the parties had been to transfer without a receipt the goods represented thereby.

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CitationAct No. 2137 Section 44 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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