Negotiable Instruments - General Principles

PURPOSE OF CODIFICATION
Chief purpose was to produce uniformity in the laws of the different states upon
this important subject, so that the citizens of each state might know the rules which
would be applied to their notes, checks, and other negotiable paper in every other state in
which the law was
enacted, since it is an absolute impossibility for the commercial purchaser
Second purpose was to preserve the law as nearly as possible as it then existed

COMMON FORMS OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

1. Promissory notes
2. Bills of exchange
3. Checks, which are also bills of exchange, but of a special kind

PROMISSORY NOTE, SECTION 184

A negotiable promissory note, within the meaning of this act, is an unconditional
promise in writing by one person to another, signed by the maker
(1), engaging to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time
(2), a sum certain in money
(3) to order or to bearer
(4). Where a note is drawn to the makers own order, it is not complete until indorsed by them.
Essentially a promise in writing to pay a sum certain in money
The promise is to pay on demand or on a fixed or determinable future time
General characteristics: amount; place where contract to pay is executed; due date;
absolute promise to pay something; payable to order/bearer; payee; maker of the note

BILL OF EXCHANGE, SECTION 126

A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing addressed by one person to
another signed by the person giving it
(1), requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or
determinable future time
(2) a sum certain in money
(3) to order or to bearer
General characteristics: the order or command to pay; drawer/maker; drawee

CHECK
A bill of exchange drawn on a bank payable on demand

TO WHOM INSTRUMENTS MAY BE PAYABLE

1. Bearer
2. Order
3. To a specified person

WHEN IS IT PAYABLE TO BEARER?

1. When it is expressed to be so payable
2. When it is payable to a person named therein or bearer

WHEN IS IT PAYABLE TO ORDER?

1. When it is expressed to be payable to the order of a specified person
2. To a specified person or his order

WHEN IS IT PAYABLE TO A SPECIFIED PERSON?

When the instrument is payable to a specified person named in the
instrument and no other

PARTIES TO A PROMISSORY NOTE

1. Makerthe person who executes the written promise to pay
2. Payee, if the instrument is payable to orderthe person in whose favor the
promissory note is made payable
3. Bearer, if the instrument is payable to bearer

PARTIES TO A BILL OF EXCHANGE

1. Drawerthe person who executes the written order to pay
2. Payee, if the instrument is payable to orderthe person in whose favor a bill of
exchange is drawn payable
3. Bearer, if the instrument is payable to bearer
4. Acceptorthe drawee who signifies his assent to the order of the drawer. It is only
when he accepts the bill that he becomes a party thereto and liable thereon.

OTHER PARTIES TO NEGOTIATED INSTRUMENTS

1. Indorser and
2. Indorsee, in the case of instruments payable to order
3. Persons negotiating by mere delivery
4. Persons to whom the instrument is negotiated by delivery

INDORSER AND INDORSEE

When the negotiation is by indorsement completed by delivery, the parties added are
the indorser and indorsee
Indorserthe one who negotiates the instrument
Indorseethe one to whom the instrument is negotiated by indorsement

WHERE INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE TO BEARER

Where the instrument is payable to bearer, it can be negotiated by mere delivery
without necessity of indorsement

HOLDER
The payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof
If the instrument is payable to order, he who is the payee or indorsee and who is in
possession thereof
If the instrument is payable to bearer, he who is in possession thereof

ISSUE
First delivery of the instrument, complete in form to a person who takes it as a
holder

DELIVERY
Consists principally of placing the transferee in possession of the instrument, but it
must be accompanied by the intent to transfer title
every contract on a negotiable instrument is incomplete and revocable until
delivery of the instrument for the purpose of giving effect thereto

NEGOTIATION
Transfer of an instrument from one person to another as to constitute the transferee the
holder of the instrument
Mode of transferring an instrument
Effect is to make the transferee the holder of the instrument

HOW INSTRUMENT PAYABLE TO BEARER IS NEGOTIATED

May be negotiated by mere delivery

HOW INSTRUMENT PAYABLE TO ORDER IS NEGOTIATED

Must be negotiated by indorsement completed by delivery
Indorsement is necessary to make the transferee the indorsee and delivery is
necessary to place the transferee in possession of the instrument

INDORSEMENT
Legal transaction, effected by the writing of ones own name on the back of the
instrument or upon a paper attached thereto, with or without additional words
specifying the person to whom or to whose order the instrument is to be payable whereby
one not only transfers
ones full legal title to the paper transferred but likewise enters into an implied guaranty that
the instrument will be duly paid

SPECIAL INDORSEMENT
Specifies the person to whom or to whose order the instrument is to be payable

BLANK INDORSEMENT
One that doesnt specify the person to whom or to whose order the instrument is to
be payable
NEGOTIATION, INDORSEMENT, DELIVERY, COMPARED.
1. Indorsement is merely the first step in the process of negotiating an instrument which is
payable to order
2. Where the instrument is payable to order, neither is delivery equivalent to negotiation
3. But where the instrument is payable to bearer, delivery is equivalent to negotiation

PRESENTMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE

Exhibiting the bill to the drawee and demanding that he accept it, that is, signify his assent
to the order or command of the drawer

ACCEPTANCE
Signification of the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer

DISHONOR BY ACCEPTANCE
Where the bill is presented for acceptance, and acceptance is refused by the drawee, or
cannot be obtained, or where presentment for acceptance is excused, and the bill is not
accepted

PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT

Consists of exhibiting the instrument to the person primarily liable thereon and
demanding payment form him on the date of maturity

DISHONOR BY NON-PAYMENT
Where the instrument is presented for payment and payment is refused or cannot be
obtained, or where presentment for payment is excused and the instrument is overdue and
unpaid

NOTICE OF DISHONOR
When an instrument has been dishonored by non-payment or non-acceptance
DISCHARGE
An instrument is discharged by payment in due course by or on behalf of the principal
debtor

PARTIES PRIMARILY AND SECONDARILY LIABLE

Under the Negotiable Instruments Law, the person primarily liable on an instrument
is the person who by the terms of the instrument is absolutely required to pay the same
All other parties are secondarily liable

IN BILLS OF EXCHANGE
The acceptor is the one primarily liable
He is absolutely required to pay the instrument as he engages that he will pay it according
to the tenor of his acceptance

SECONDARY LIABILITY OF DRAWER

By the mere drawing of the instrument, the drawer assumes the liability stated in
Section 61
The general tenor of the liability of the drawer is that he will pay the bill if the drawee
doesnt accept or pay the bill.
In other words, he is not absolutely required to pay the billif the drawee pays,
then he is not required to pay. It is only when the drawee doesnt pay that he will be
required to pay.

SECONDARY LIABILITY OF INDORSER

He will pay the instrument if the person primarily liable will not pay.

SECONDARY LIABILITY OF ONE NEGOTIATING BY DELIVERY

By merely delivering an instrument payable to bearer, without saying anything more, the
person negotiating by mere delivery assumes the liability mentioned in Section 65.
Under said section, the general tenor of liability is similar to that of an indorser
IN PROMISSORY NOTES
The maker is primarily liable
Agreement of the maker is that he will pay the instrument according to the tenor

FUNCTION OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

1. Substitute for money
2. Increase the purchasing medium in circulation

PAYMENT BY NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

W/N the giving and taking of a promissory note or bill of exchange is prima facie absolute
payment as in the case of money or merely a prima facie conditional payment?
The delivery of the promissory notes payable to order, or bills of exchange or other
mercantile documents shall produce the effect of payment only when they have been
cashed, or when, through the fault of the creditor, they have been impaired

PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

1. Negotiability
2. Accumulation of secondary contracts as they are transferred from one person to another

NEGOTIABILITY
Attribute or property whereby a bill, note or check passes or may pass from hand to hand
similar to money, so as to give the holder in due course the right to hold the instrument and
collect the sums payable for himself free from defense.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF NEGOTIABILITY

To allow bills and notes the effect which money, in the form of government bills or
notes, supplies in the commercial world

ACCUMULATION OF SECONDARY CONTRACTS

Most important characteristic of negotiable instruments is the accumulation of
secondary contracts which they pick up and carry with them as they are negotiated from one
person to another
Advantage: they improve as they pass from hand to hand, as more debtors are
added
Bill of Exchange

Bill of exchange, defined.

A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing addressed by

one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the
person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or
determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or to bearer.

TYPES OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE

1. Draft
2. Trade acceptance
3. Bankers acceptance
4. Treasury warrants
5. Money orders
6. Clean bills of exchange
7. Documentary bill of exchange
8. D/A bills of exchange
9. D/P bills of exchange
10. Time or usance bills
11. Bills in set
12. Inland bills
13. Foreign bills

DRAFT

> Common term for all bills of exchange and they are used
synonymously
IN BANK DRAFTS, DRAWER AND DRAWEE BANK ARE LIABLE TO
PURCHASER OF DRAFT FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH HIS
INSTRUCTIONS

> The drawee bank acting as payor bank is solely liable for acts not
done in accordance with the instructions of the drawer bank or of the
purchaser of the draft
> The drawee bank has the burden of proving that it didnt violate

TRADE ACCEPTANCE

> A bill of exchange payable to order and at a certain maturity, drawn

by a seller against the purchaser of goods as drawee, for a fixed sum
of money, showing on its face the acceptance of the purchaser of
goods and that it has arisen out of a purchase of goods by the
acceptor
> A draft drawn by the seller on the purchaser of goods sold and
accepted by such purchaser
> States upon its face that the obligation of the acceptor arises out of
purchase of goods from the drawer
> Arises from credit obligations arising from the sale of goods and
must have a definite maturity

BANKERS ACCEPTANCE

> Draft of which the acceptor is a bank or banker engaged generally in

the business of granting bankers acceptance credit
> Similar to a trade acceptance
> Drawn against the bank instead of the buyer

TRUST RECEIPT

> The written or printed document signed by the entrustee in favor of

the entruster containing terms and conditions substantially complying
with the provisions of this decree
> The legal title to the matter entrusted remains in the entruster but
the
entruster gives to the trustee a form of title which is good and legal
against everybody except the entruster
> Entrusteethe person having or taking possession of goods,
documents or instruments under a trust receipt transaction, and any
successor in interest of such person for the purpose or purposes
specified in the trust receipt agreement
> Entrusterperson holding title over the goods, documents, or
instruments subject of a TRA and any successor-in-interest of such
person

Promissory Note, Defined

Sec. 184. Promissory note, defined.

A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of this Act is an
unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another,
signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or
determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to
bearer. Where a note is drawn to the maker's own order, it is not
complete until indorsed by him.

SPECIAL TYPES OF PROMISSORY NOTES

1. Certificate of deposit
2. Bonds
3. Bank notes
4. Due bills

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT

> Written acknowledgment by a bank of the receipt of money on

deposit which the bank promises to pay to the depositor, bearer, or to
some other person or order

BONDS

> A promise, under seal to pay money

> More formal in character
> Runs for a longer period of time
> Issued under different legal circumstances
CLASSES OF BONDS

1. Mortgage bonds
2. Equipment bonds
3. Collateral trust bonds
4. Guaranteed bonds
5. Debentures
6. Income bonds
7. Convertible
8. Redeemable
9. Registered bonds
10. Coupon bonds

REQUISITES AS TO A NEGOTIABLE NOTE

1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker

2. It must contain an unconditional promise to pay a sum certain in
money
3. It must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable
future time
4. It must be payable to order or to bearer

REQUISITES AS TO A NEGOTIABLE BILL

1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker

2. It must contain an unconditional order to pay a sum certain in
money
3. It must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable
future time
4. It must be payable to order or to bearer
5. The drawee must be named or otherwise indicated therein
with reasonable certainty

THE INSTRUMENT MUST BE IN WRITING

> There must be a writing of some kind, for if the instrument were
not in writing, there would be nothing to be negotiated or passed from
hand to hand
THE INSTRUMENT MUST BE SIGNED BY THE MAKER OR DRAWER

> Full name must be written

> At least the surname should appear and generally, the
signature usually is by writing the signers name
> But, where the name is not signed, the holder must prove that
what is written is intended as a signature of the person sought to be
charged
> Commonly, it is found in the lower part of the instrument.
It could also be signed anywhere as long as the maker or drawer
acknowledges the signature to be his own.

IF A BILL, IT MUST CONTAIN AN ORDER TO PAY

It is an instrument demanding right

Any words which are equivalent to order or which show the
drawers will that the money should be paid, are sufficient to
make the instrument a bill of exchange

AN INSTRUMENT WITH AN EFFECT OF MERE AUTHORITY TO PAY

> It is not negotiable because it is not an order to pay

> I hereby authorize you to pay P1000 to Pedro Cruz

EFFECT OF MERE REQUEST TO PAY

> The instrument is not negotiable as it is not an order to

pay but a mere request to pay
> Please to let the bearer have P70 and place to my account and
you will oblige

EFFECT OF MERE WORDS OF CIVILITY

> The mere fact that it contains words of civility or courtesy

doesnt make it non-negotiable
WHERE INSTRUMENT IS A NOTE, IT MUST CONTAIN A PROMISE TO
PAY

1. It is enough that words of equivalent meaning are used

2. The promise is implied from promissory words contained in the
instrument

THE PROMISE OR ORDER TO PAY MUST BE UNCONDITIONAL

> It must not be subject to a condition

> It must be unconditional and absolute

SUM PAYABLE MUST BE DEFINITE AND CERTAIN

> The amount of money to be paid must be determinable by

inspection and must be stated plainly on the face of the instrument,
and like the denomination of money, must be started in the body of the
instrument

SUM MUST BE PAYABLE IN MONEY ONLY

> Money is the one standard of value in actual business or more

stable standard of value
> Legal tenderthat kind of money which the law compels the
creditor to accept in payment of his debt when tendered by the debtor
in the right amount
> But if authorized by law or consent of creditor, cash may be
substituted by other means, or may be check
> Instrument need not be payable in legal tender

INSTRUMENT MUST SPECIFY DENOMINATION

> Instruments should express the specific denomination of money

when it is payable in the money of a foreign country in order that the
courts may be able to ascertain its equivalent value; otherwise,
it is non-negotiable
PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR ON A FIXED OR DETERMINABLE FUTURE
TIME

> On demand
> At a fixed or determinable future time

WHERE NO YEAR IS SPECIFIED

> Neither payable on demand or on a fixed or determinable future

time
> Time of payment is not determinable as the year is not stated

THE INSTRUMENT MUST BE PAYABLE TO ORDER OR TO BEARER

> An instrument is not negotiable unless made payable to a

person or his order or bearer or unless words of the similar or
equivalent import are used such as assigns or assignees or holder

WHERE PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF BEARER

> Also negotiable

> This was held to be payable to order
> The payee of such an instrument is the bearer and it can
only be negotiated by his indorsement

WHERE PAYABLE TO A CERTAIN PERSON

> Where the instrument is payable to a specified person, its not

payable to order
> Payable to a certain person or his agent
> Where payable to bearer B

THE DRAWEE MUST BE NAMED

> Requirement that refers only to bills of exchange

> Drawees name may be omitted and be filled in under implied
authority like any other blank
> An acceptance may supply the omission of the designation

IMPORTANCE OF FORMALITIES

> Essential for the security of the mercantile transactions

> Distinguish the negotiable instrument from the ordinary
non-transferrable written contract

NECESSITY OF COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS

> Where the instrument doesnt conform with the requirements

laid down in Section 1, then it is not governed by NIL

DETERMINATION OF NEGOTIABILITY

> By the provisions of the NIL, particularly Section 1 thereof

> By considering the whole of the instrument
> By what appears on the face of the instrument and not elsewhere

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 115 - PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION

OF

TRUST RECEIPTS RANSACTIONS

WHEREAS, the utilization of trust receipts, as a convenient business

device to assist importers and merchants solve their financing
problems, had gained popular acceptance in international and
domestic business practices, particularly in commercial banking
transactions;

WHEREAS, there is no specific law in the Philippines that governs trust

receipt transactions, especially the rights and obligations of the
parties involved therein and the enforcement of the said rights in case
of default or violation of the terms of the trust receipt agreement;

WHEREAS, the recommendations contained in the report on the

financial system which have been accepted, with certain
modifications by the monetary authorities included, among others, the
enactment of a law regulating the trust receipt transactions;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, and in
order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social,
economic, and political structure of our society, do hereby order and
decree and make as part of the law of the land the following:

Section 1. Short Title. This Decree shall be known as the Trust

Receipts Law.

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the

policy of the state (a) to encourage and promote the use of trust
receipts as an additional and convenient to commerce and trade; (b) to
provide for the regulation of trust receipts transactions in order to
assure the protection of the rights and enforcement of obligations of
the parties involved therein; and (c) to declare the misuse and/or
misappropriation of goods or proceeds realized from the sale of goods,
documents or instruments released under trust receipts as a criminal
offense punishable under Article Three hundred and fifteen of the
Revised Penal Code.

Section 3. Definition of terms. As used in this Decree, unless the

context otherwise requires, the term

(a) "Document" shall mean written or printed evidence of title to

goods.

(b) "Entrustee" shall refer to the person having or taking possession

of goods, documents or instruments under a trust receipt transaction,
and any successor in interest of such person for the purpose or
purposes specified in the trust receipt agreement.

(c) "Entruster" shall refer to the person holding title over the goods,
documents, or instruments subject of a trust receipt transaction, and
any successor in interest of such person.
(d) "Goods" shall include chattels and personal property other than:
money, things in action, or things so affixed to land as to become a
part thereof.

(e) "Instrument" means any negotiable instrument as defined in the

Negotiable Instrument Law; any certificate of stock, or bond or
debenture for the payment of money issued by a public or private
corporation, or any certificate of deposit, participation certificate or
receipt, any credit or investment instrument of a sort marketed in the
ordinary course of business or finance, whereby the entrustee, after
the issuance of the trust receipt, appears by virtue of possession and
the face of the instrument to be the owner. "Instrument" shall not
include a document as defined in this Decree.

( f ) "Purchase" means taking by sale, conditional sale, lease,

mortgage, or pledge, legal or equitable.

(g) "Purchaser" means any person taking by purchase.

(h) "Security Interest" means a property interest in goods,

documents or instruments to secure performance of some obligations
of the entrustee or of some third persons to the entruster and includes
title, whether or not expressed to be absolute, whenever such title is in
substance taken or retained for security only.

(i) "Person" means, as the case may be, an individual, trustee,

receiver, or other fiduciary, partnership, corporation, business trust or
other association, and two more persons having a joint or common
interest.

( j) "Trust Receipt" shall refer to the written or printed document

signed by the entrustee in favor of the entruster containing terms and
conditions substantially complying with the provisions of this Decree.
No further formality of execution or authentication shall be necessary
to the validity of a trust receipt.

(k) "Value" means any consideration sufficient to support a simple

contract.

Section 4. What constitutes a trust receipt transaction. A trust

receipt transaction, within the meaning of this Decree, is any
transaction by and between a person referred to in this Decree as the
entruster, and another person referred to in this Decree as entrustee,
whereby the entruster, who owns or holds absolute title or security
interests over certain specified goods, documents or instruments,
releases the same to the possession of the entrustee upon the latter's
execution and delivery to the entruster of a signed document called a
"trust receipt" wherein the entrustee binds himself to hold the
designated goods, documents or instruments in trust for the entruster
and to sell or otherwise dispose of the goods, documents or
instruments with the obligation to turn over to the entruster the
proceeds thereof to the extent of the amount owing to the entruster or
as appears in the trust receipt or the goods, documents or instruments
themselves if they are unsold or not otherwise disposed of, in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the trust
receipt, or for other purposes substantially equivalent to any of the
following:

1. In the case of goods or documents, (a) to sell the goods or procure

their sale; or (b) to manufacture or process the goods with the purpose
of ultimate sale: Provided, That, in the case of goods delivered under
trust receipt for the purpose of manufacturing or processing before its
ultimate sale, the entruster shall retain its title over the goods whether
in its original or processed form until the entrustee has complied fully
with his obligation under the trust receipt; or (c) to load, unload, ship
or tranship or otherwise deal with them in a manner preliminary or
necessary to their sale; or

2. In the case of instruments, (a) to sell or procure their sale or

exchange; or (b) to deliver them to a principal; or (c) to effect the
consummation of some transactions involving delivery to a depository
or register; or (d) to effect their presentation, collection or renewal.

The sale of goods, documents or instruments by a person in the

business of selling goods, documents or instruments for profit who, at
the outset of the transaction, has, as against the buyer, general
property rights in such goods, documents or instruments, or who sells
the same to the buyer on credit, retaining title or other interest as
security for the payment of the purchase price, does not constitute a
trust receipt transaction and is outside the purview and coverage of
this Decree.

Section 5. Form of trust receipts; contents. A trust receipt need

not be in any particular form, but every such receipt must substantially
contain (a) a description of the goods, documents or instruments
subject of the trust receipt; (2) the total invoice value of the goods and
the amount of the draft to be paid by the entrustee; (3) an undertaking
or a commitment of the entrustee (a) to hold in trust for the entruster
the goods, documents or instruments therein described; (b) to dispose
of them in the manner provided for in the trust receipt; and (c) to turn
over the proceeds of the sale of the goods, documents or instruments
to the entruster to the extent of the amount owing to the entruster or
as appears in the trust receipt or to return the goods, documents or
instruments in the event of their non-sale within the period specified
therein.

The trust receipt may contain other terms and conditions agreed upon
by the parties in addition to those hereinabove enumerated provided
that such terms and conditions shall not be contrary to the provisions
of this Decree, any existing laws, public policy or morals, public order
or good customs.

Section 6. Currency in which a trust receipt may be denominated.

A trust receipt may be denominated in the Philippine currency or any
foreign currency acceptable and eligible as part of international
reserves of the Philippines, the provisions of existing law, executive
orders, rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided, however, That in the case of trust receipts denominated in
foreign currency, payment shall be made in its equivalent in Philippine
currency computed at the prevailing exchange rate on the date the
proceeds of sale of the goods, documents or instruments held in trust
by the entrustee are turned over to the entruster or on such other date
as may be stipulated in the trust receipt or other agreements executed
between the entruster and the entrustee.

Section 7. Rights of the entruster. The entruster shall be entitled to

the proceeds from the sale of the goods, documents or instruments
released under a trust receipt to the entrustee to the extent of the
amount owing to the entruster or as appears in the trust receipt, or to
the return of the goods, documents or instruments in case of non-sale,
and to the enforcement of all other rights conferred on him in the trust
receipt provided such are not contrary to the provisions of this Decree.

The entruster may cancel the trust and take possession of the goods,
documents or instruments subject of the trust or of the proceeds
realized therefrom at any time upon default or failure of the entrustee
to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the trust receipt or
any other agreement between the entruster and the entrustee, and the
entruster in possession of the goods, documents or instruments may,
on or after default, give notice to the entrustee of the intention to sell,
and may, not less than five days after serving or sending of such
notice, sell the goods, documents or instruments at public or private
sale, and the entruster may, at a public sale, become a purchaser. The
proceeds of any such sale, whether public or private, shall be applied
(a) to the payment of the expenses thereof; (b) to the payment of the
expenses of re-taking, keeping and storing the goods, documents or
instruments; (c) to the satisfaction of the entrustee's indebtedness to
the entruster. The entrustee shall receive any surplus but shall be
liable to the entruster for any deficiency. Notice of sale shall be
deemed sufficiently given if in writing, and either personally served on
the entrustee or sent by post-paid ordinary mail to the entrustee's last
known business address.

Section 8. Entruster not responsible on sale by entrustee. The

entruster holding a security interest shall not, merely by virtue of such
interest or having given the entrustee liberty of sale or other
disposition of the goods, documents or instruments under the terms of
the trust receipt transaction be responsible as principal or as vendor
under any sale or contract to sell made by the entrustee.

Section 9. Obligations of the entrustee. The entrustee shall (1)

hold the goods, documents or instruments in trust for the entruster
and shall dispose of them strictly in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the trust receipt; (2) receive the proceeds in trust for the
entruster and turn over the same to the entruster to the extent of the
amount owing to the entruster or as appears on the trust receipt; (3)
insure the goods for their total value against loss from fire, theft,
pilferage or other casualties; (4) keep said goods or proceeds thereof
whether in money or whatever form, separate and capable of
identification as property of the entruster; (5) return the goods,
documents or instruments in the event of non-sale or upon demand of
the entruster; and (6) observe all other terms and conditions of the
trust receipt not contrary to the provisions of this Decree.

Section 10. Liability of entrustee for loss. The risk of loss shall be
borne by the entrustee. Loss of goods, documents or instruments
which are the subject of a trust receipt, pending their disposition,
irrespective of whether or not it was due to the fault or negligence of
the entrustee, shall not extinguish his obligation to the entruster for
the value thereof.

Section 11. Rights of purchaser for value and in good faith. Any
purchaser of goods from an entrustee with right to sell, or of
documents or instruments through their customary form of transfer,
who buys the goods, documents, or instruments for value and in good
faith from the entrustee, acquires said goods, documents or
instruments free from the entruster's security interest.

Section 12. Validity of entruster's security interest as against

creditors. The entruster's security interest in goods, documents, or
instruments pursuant to the written terms of a trust receipt shall be
valid as against all creditors of the entrustee for the duration of the
trust receipt agreement.

Section 13. Penalty clause. The failure of an entrustee to turn over

the proceeds of the sale of the goods, documents or instruments
covered by a trust receipt to the extent of the amount owing to the
entruster or as appears in the trust receipt or to return said goods,
documents or instruments if they were not sold or disposed of in
accordance with the terms of the trust receipt shall constitute the
crime of estafa, punishable under the provisions of Article Three
hundred and fifteen, paragraph one (b) of Act Numbered Three
thousand eight hundred and fifteen, as amended, otherwise known as
the Revised Penal Code. If the violation or offense is committed by a
corporation, partnership, association or other juridical entities, the
penalty provided for in this Decree shall be imposed upon the
directors, officers, employees or other officials or persons therein
responsible for the offense, without prejudice to the civil liabilities
arising from the criminal offense.
Section 14. Cases not covered by this Decree. Cases not provided
for in this Decree shall be governed by the applicable provisions of
existing laws.

Section 15. Separability clause. If any provision or section of this

Decree or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, the other provisions or sections hereof and the application
of such provisions or sections to other persons or circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.

Section 16. Repealing clause. All Acts inconsistent with this

Decree are hereby repealed.

Section 17. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of January, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.