2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“bill of sale” includes bills of sale, assignments, transfers, declarations of trust without transfer, inventories of goods with receipts attached, or receipts for purchase moneys or 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 to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred, but shall not include the following documents; that is to say, assignments for the benefit of the creditors of the person making or giving the same, marriage settlements, transfers or assignments of any ship or vessel or any share thereof, transfers of goods in the ordinary course of business of any trade or calling, bills of sale of goods not in Saint Lucia, bills of lading, warehouse-keepers' certificate, 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 indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented;
“personal chattels” means goods, furniture and other articles capable of complete transfer by delivery, and (when separately assigned or charged) fixtures and growing crops, but shall not include chattel interests in immoveables, nor fixtures when assigned together with any land or building to which they are affixed, nor growing crops when assigned together with any interest in the land on which they grow, nor shares or interests in the stock, funds or securities of any government, or in the capital or property of incorporated or joint stock companies, nor things in action, nor any stock or produce upon any plantation or lands, which by virtue of any covenant or agreement ought not to be removed from any plantation or land where the same are at the time of making or giving such bill of sale; personal chattels shall be deemed to be in the “apparent possession” of the person making or giving a bill of sale, so long as they remain or are in or upon any house, mill, warehouse, building, works, yard, land, or other premises occupied by him or her, or are used and enjoyed by him or her in any place whatsoever, although formal possession may have been taken by or given to any other person;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under the provisions of this Act;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court;
“things in action” has the same meaning as it has by the laws of England.