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Short title of title - 13 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101

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                                 TITLE 13
                             COMMERCIAL CODE

     Division
        1.  General Provisions
        2.  Sales
        2A. Leases
        3.  Negotiable Instruments
        4.  Bank Deposits and Collections
        4A. Funds Transfers
        5.  Letters of Credit
        6.  Bulk Transfers (Repealed)
        7.  Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other
            Documents of Title
        8.  Investment Securities
        9.  Secured Transactions

        Enactment.  Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title
     13 were added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, effective
     January 1, 1980.
        Saved from Suspension.  Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure
     for District Justices No. 482, adopted November 7, 1988,
     provided that section 1101 et seq. shall not be deemed suspended
     or affected. Rules 401 through 482 relate to execution of
     judgments for the payment of money rendered by district
     justices.
        Special Provisions in Appendix.  See Act 86 of 1979 in the
     appendix to this title for special provisions relating to
     legislative intent and effective date.
        Short Titles of Implementing Statutes.  Section 1 of Act 97
     of 1992 provided that the act shall be known and may be cited as
     the Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act.
        Section 1 of Act 44 of 1996 provided that the act shall be
     known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code
     Modernization Act of 1996.
        Section 1 of Act 18 of 2001 provided that the act shall be
     known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code
     Modernization Act of 2001.

                                DIVISION 1
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Chapter
       11.  Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject
            Matter of Title
       12.  General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation

        Enactment.  Division 1 was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255,
     No.86, effective January 1, 1980.

                                CHAPTER 11
                  SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, APPLICATION
                       AND SUBJECT MATTER OF TITLE

     Sec.
     1101.  Short title of title.
     1102.  Purposes; rules of construction; variation by agreement.
     1103.  Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
     1104.  Construction against implicit repeal.
     1105.  Territorial application of title; power of parties to
            choose applicable law.
     1106.  Remedies to be liberally administered.
     1107.  Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach.
     1108.  (Reserved).
     1109.  Section and subsection captions.

        Enactment.  Chapter 11 was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255,
     No.86, effective January 1, 1980.
     § 1101.  Short title of title.
        This title shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform
     Commercial Code.
     (July 9, 1992, P.L.507, No.97, eff. one year)

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