Factors Ordinance

(1)
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires—
document
                    of
                title
(
所有權文件
) includes any bill of lading, dock
                warrant, warehouse keeper’s certificate, and 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 indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or
                receive goods thereby represented;
goods
(
貨品
) includes wares and merchandise;
mercantile
                    agent
(
商業代理人
) means a mercantile agent having, in
                the customary course of his business as such agent, authority either to sell goods,
                or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on
                the security of goods;
person
(
人
) includes any body of persons corporate or
                unincorporate;
pledge
(
質押
) includes any contract pledging, or
                giving a lien or security on goods, whether in consideration of an original advance,
                or of any further or continuing advance, or of any pecuniary liability.
(2)
For the purposes of this Ordinance, a person shall be deemed to be in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods, where the goods or documents are in his actual custody or are held by any other person subject to his control, or for him, or on his behalf.