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Saving of negotiable instruments, etc. Nothing in the foregoing sections of this Chapter applies to stocks, shares or debentures, or to instruments which are for the time being, by law or custom, negotiable, or to any mercantile document of title to goods. Explanation - The expression “mercantile document of title to goods” includes a bill of lading, dock-warrant, warehouse-keeper’s certificate, railway receipt, warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented. The Schedule (a) Statutes Year and Chapter Subject Extent of repeal 27 Hen. VIII, c. 10 Uses The whole 13 Eliz., c. 5 Fraudulent conveyances The whole 27 Eliz., c. 4 Fraudulent conveyances The whole 4 Wm. And Mary, c. 16 Clandestine mortgages The whole (b) Acts of the Governor General in Council Number and uear Subject Extent of repeal IX of 1842 Lease and re-lease The whole XXXI of 1854 Modes of conveying land Section 17 XI of 1855 Mesne profits and improvements Section 1; in the title, the words ¡§to mesne profits and¡¨, and in the preamble ¡§to limit the liability for mesne profits and¡¨. XXVII of 1866 Indian Trustee Act Section 31. IV of 1872 Punjab Laws Act So far as it re-lates to Bengal Regulations I of 1798 and XVII of 1806. XX of 1875 Central Provinces Laws Act So far as it relates to Bengal Regulations I of 1798 and XVII of 1806. XVIII of 1876 Oudh Laws Act So far as it relates to Bengal Regulations XVII of