17. Inspection of register and office copies
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bill of sale
“bill of sale” includes bills of sale, assignments, transfers, declarations of trust without transfer, inventories of goods with receipt thereto attached, or receipts for purchase moneys of goods, and other assurances of personal chattels, and also powers of attorney, authorities, or licences to take possession of personal chattels as security for any debt, and also any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred, but does not include the following documents:(a)assignments for the benefit of the creditors of the person making or giving the same;(b)antenuptial marriage settlements;(c)transfers or assignments of any ship or vessel or any share thereof;(d)transfers of goods in the ordinary course of business of any trade or calling;(e)bills of sale of goods in foreign parts or at sea;(f)bills of lading, warehouse-keeper’s certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents 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 such documents to transfer or receive goods thereby represented;
Any person shall be entitled at all reasonable times, subject to such regulations as are prescribed —
to search the register on payment of a fee of 25 cents or such other fee as is prescribed; and
on a like payment in respect of each bill of sale inspected to inspect, examine, and make extracts from any registered bill of sale:Provided that the said extracts shall be limited to the dates of execution, registration, renewal of registration, and satisfaction, to the names, addresses and occupations of the parties, to the amount of the consideration, and to any further prescribed particulars.