Bills of Sale. [Ch. 31. No. 8.

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16. When a subsequent bill of sale is executed within or on
the expiration of seven days after the execution of a prior
unregistered bill of sale and comprises all or any part of the
personal chattels comprised in such prior bill of sale, then if
such subsequent bill of sale is given as a security for the same
debt as is secured by the prior bill of sale, or for any part of
such debt, it shall, to the extent to which it is a security for
the same debt or part thereof, and so far as respects the
personal chattels or part thereof comprised in the prior bill,
be absolutely void, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of
the Court having cognisance of the case that the subsequent
bill of sale was bond fide given for the purpose of correcting
some material error in the prior bill of sale, and not for the
purpose of evading this Ordinance.

17. The registration of a bill of sale must be renewed once
at least every three years, and if a period of three years
clapses from the registration or renewed registration of a
bill of sale without a renewal or further renewal (as the case
may be), the registration shall become void. The renewal
of a registration shall be effected by registering an affidavit
stating the date of the bill of sale and of the last registration
thereof, and the names of the parties thereto as stated
therein, and that the bill of sale is still a subsisting security.

Every such affidavit may be in the form set forth in the
Second Schedule hercto.

18. Any Judge of the Supreme Court, on being satisfied
that the omission to register a bill of sale or an affidavit of
rencwal thereof within the time prescribed by this Ordi-
nance was accidental or due to inadvertence, may, in his
discretion, extend the time for such registration on such
terms and conditions (if any) as to security, notice by adver-
tisement or otherwise, or as to any other matter, as he thinks
fit to direct.

19. On the production of a receipt or memorandum signed
by the grantee, his executors, administrators, or assigns,
acknowledging that the debt for which any mortgage bill of
sale was made or given has been satisfied or discharged, the
signature or signatures of such grantee, his executors,
administrators, or assigns, being duly attested by one

Avoidance
of certain
duplicate
bills of sale.

Renewal of
registration.

Rectification
of register.

Entry of

satisfaction.