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Article 1512

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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A negotiable document of title may be negotiated: (1) By the owner thereof.

Official text — RA 386

A negotiable document of title may be negotiated:

(1) By the owner thereof; or

(2) By any person to whom the possession or custody of the document has been entrusted by the owner, if, by the terms of the document the bailee issuing the document undertakes to deliver the goods to the order of the person to whom the possession or custody of the document has been entrusted, or if at the time of such entrusting the document is in such form that it may be negotiated by delivery. (n)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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