CONDITIONAL SALES c. 201 1 The Conditional Sales Act being Chapter 201 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1920 (assented to November 10, 1920). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation.
2 c. 201 CONDITIONAL SALES Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Conditional Sales 3 Registration 4 Memorandum of satisfaction 5 Retaking possession 6 Notice of sale 7 Copies of instrument evidence 8 Fees 9 When registration not necessary 10 Rectification of omissions and errors 11 Clerk may administer oaths 12 Goods affixed to realty 13 Assignment
CONDITIONAL SALES c. 201 3 CHAPTER 201 An Act respecting Lien Notes and Conditional Sales of Goods Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Conditional Sales Act. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.1; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.1. Conditional Sales 2(1) Whenever on a sale or bailment of goods of the value of $15 or over it is agreed, provided or conditioned that the right of property or right of possession in whole or in part shall remain in the seller or bailor notwithstanding that the actual possession of the goods passes to the buyer or bailee the seller or bailor shall not be permitted to set up any such right of property or right of possession as against any purchaser or mortgagee of or from the buyer or bailee of such goods in good faith for valuable consideration or as against judgments, executions or attachments against the purchaser or bailee unless such sale or bailment with such agreement, proviso or condition is in writing signed by the bailee or his agent and registered as hereinafter provided. Such writing shall contain such a description of the goods the subject of the bailment that the same may be readily and easily known and distinguished. (2) Nothing in this section shall apply in any bailment where it is not intended that the property in the goods shall eventually pass to the bailee on payment of purchase money in whole or in part or the performance of some condition by the bailee. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply in cases of conditional sales or bailments of incorporated companies to railway companies if the contract evidencing the conditional sale or bailments is a copy thereof certified under the hand of the president or vice president and secretary of the company and verified by an affidavit of the secretary thereto attached or indorsed thereon and having the corporate seal attached thereto is filed with the registrar of joint stock companies within thirty days from the execution thereof. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.1; 1915, c.43, s.25; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.2. Registration 3(1) Such writing or a true copy thereof shall be registered in the office of the registration clerk for chattel mortgages in the registration district within which the buyer or bailee resides within thirty days from the time of the actual delivery of such goods to the bailee or buyer; and in the event of such goods being delivered in a registration district other than that in which the buyer or bailee resides at the time of such delivery such writing or a true copy thereof shall also be registered within thirty days from the time of the actual delivery of such goods in the registration district in which such goods are delivered. (2) If such goods are after the delivery thereof removed by the buyer or bailee into another registration district a true copy of such agreement shall be filed in the registration district into which such goods are removed within sixty days after such removal.
4 c. 201 CONDITIONAL SALES (3) Every such agreement or a true copy thereof shall upon every such registration be accompanied by an affidavit of the seller or bailor or his agent stating that the written agreement annexed thereto truly sets forth the agreement entered into between the parties and that the said agreement was entered into bona fide and not for the purpose of protecting the goods mentioned therein against the creditors of the buyer or bailee. (4) Where a lien note is taken under the provisions of The Farm Implement Act, the registration of such note or a true copy thereof accompanied by an affidavit of the seller or bailor, or his agent, stating that the said lien note was given under the provisions of The Farm Implement Act, bona fide and not for the purpose of protecting the goods mentioned therein against the creditors of the buyer or bailee, shall be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of subsection (3). (5) No goods or chattels comprised in a lien note or conditional sale agreement shall be removed into another registration district unless a notice of the intention to remove is mailed post paid and registered to the seller or vendor at his last known place of address not less than twenty days prior to such removal. (6) Any person violating, the provisions of subsection (5) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.2; 1915, c.43, s.25 (2.); 1916, c.37, s.23; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.3. Memorandum of satisfaction 4 The seller or bailor shall upon payment or tender of the amount due in respect of such goods or performance of the conditions of the bailment sign and deliver to any person demanding it a memorandum in writing stating that his claims against the goods are satisfied and such memorandum shall thereupon operate to divest the seller or bailor of any further interest or right of possession, if any, in the said goods. Any such memorandum if accompanied by an affidavit of execution of an attesting witness may be registered. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.4; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.4. Retaking possession 5 In case the seller or bailor shall retake possession of the goods he shall retain the same in his possession for at least twenty days and the buyer, bailee or any one claiming by or through or under the buyer or bailee may redeem the same upon payment of the amount actually due thereon and the actual necessary expenses of taking possession. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.5; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.5. Notice of sale 6 The goods or chattels shall not be sold without eight days notice of the intended sale being first given to the buyer or bailee or his successor in interest. The notice may be personally served or may in the absence of such buyer, bailee or his successor in interest be left at his residence or last place of abode or may be sent by registered letter deposited in the post office at least ten days before the time when the said eight days will elapse addressed to the buyer or bailee or his successor in interest at his last known post office address in Canada. The said eight days or ten days may be part of the twenty days mentioned in section 5. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.8; 1910-11, c.41, s.16; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.6.
CONDITIONAL SALES c. 201 5 Copies of instrument evidence 7 Copies of any instrument filed under this Act certified by the registration clerk shall be received as prima facie evidence for all purposes as if the original instrument were produced and also as prima facie evidence of the execution of the original instrument according to the purport of such copy. And the clerk s certificate shall also be prima facie evidence of the date and hour of registration or filing. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.9; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.7. Fees 8 For services under this Act each registration clerk shall be entitled to receive the following fees: 1. For each registration including stamping original or duplicate, if any, with registration stamp, 25 cents; 2. For searching each name, 25 cents; 3. For each certificate or abstract of search, 25 cents; 4. For copies of documents, including certificate thereof, every 100 words, 10 cents. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.10; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.8. When registration not necessary 9 Nothing in this Act shall apply to the sale or bailment of any manufactured goods or chattels of the value of $15 or over which at the time of the actual delivery thereof to the buyer or bailee have the manufacturer s or vendor s name painted, printed or stamped thereon or plainly attached thereto by a plate or similar device; provided that such manufacturer or vendor (being the seller or bailor of such goods or chattels) keeps an office in Saskatchewan where inquiry may be made and information procured concerning the sale or bailment of such goods or chattels; and provided further that such manufacturer or vendor or his agent does within five days after receiving a request so to do either made in person to him or by registered letter furnish to any applicant therefor a statement of the amounts (if any) paid thereon and the balance remaining unpaid; the person so inquiring shall if such inquiry is by letter give a name and post office address to which a reply may be sent; and it shall be sufficient if the information aforesaid is given by registered letter deposited in the post office within the said five days addressed to the person inquiring at his proper post office address or where a name and address is given as aforesaid addressed to such person by the name and at the post office so given. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s11; 1915, c.43, s.25 (3)(redrawn); R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.9. Rectification of omissions and errors 10 Subject to the rights of third persons accrued by reason of such omissions as are hereinafter defined a judge of the Court of King s Bench or the judge of the district court of the judicial district within which such goods and chattels are situate on being satisfied that the omission to register any instrument under this Act within the time prescribed by this Act or the omission or misstatement of the name, residence or occupation of any person was accidental or due to inadvertence or impossibility in fact, may in his discretion order such omission or misstatement to be rectified by the insertion of the true name, residence or occupation or by
6 c. 201 CONDITIONAL SALES extending the time for such registration on such terms and conditions, if any, as to security, notice by advertisement or otherwise or as to any other matter as he thinks fit to direct. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.12; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.10. Clerk may administer oaths 11 All oaths required for this Act may be taken and administered by the registration clerk or his deputy and the sum of 25 cents shall be payable for every oath thus administered. R.S.S. 1909, c.145, s.13; R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.11. Goods affixed to realty 12 Where the goods have been affixed to realty they shall remain subject to the rights of the seller or bailor as fully as they were before being so affixed, but the owner of such realty or any purchaser or any mortgagee or other incumbrancee thereof shall have the right as against the seller or bailor or other person claiming through or under him to retain the goods upon payment of the amount owing on them. 1915, c.43, s.25(4); R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.12. Assignment 13 A valid assignment of a lien note or conditional sale agreement shall transfer the assignor s rights of property, in the goods therein comprised, his rights of seizure, removal and sale and all other rights with regard to the enforcement of the security possessed by him. 1915, c.43, s.25(5); R.S.S. 1920, c.201, s.13. REGINA, S ASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN S PRINTER Copyright 2008