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Chattels Transfer Act 1975.

Country/Territory
Samoa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Consolidated Acts of Samoa 2014.
Long title
An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to chattel securities and the transfer of chattels.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural development Credit Registration Ownership Plant production Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act makes provision with respect to the establishment, registration, transfer etc. of instruments that transfers or purports to transfer the property in or right to the possession of chattels, i.e. any personal property that can be completely transferred by delivery, including machinery, stock, and crops, but not including, among other things, chattel interests in real estate. Instruments shall be registered at the Registrar of the Supreme Court. The Act sets out how stock must be described in an instrument and how a security over crop may be established and what power regarding such crop or stock is implied in an instrument.

Full text
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Website
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