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Act No. 2137 Section 44

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 July 4, 2026)

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