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Purposes; rules of construction; variation by agreement - 13 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1102

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     § 1102.  Purposes; rules of construction; variation by
                agreement.
        (a)  Title to be liberally construed.--This title shall be
     liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying
     purposes and policies.
        (b)  Purposes and policies of title.--Underlying purposes and
     policies of this title are:
            (1)  To simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing
        commercial transactions.
            (2)  To permit the continued expansion of commercial
        practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties.
            (3)  To make uniform the law among the various
        jurisdictions.
        (c)  Variation of title by agreement.--The effect of
     provisions of this title may be varied by agreement, except as
     otherwise provided in this title and except that the obligations
     of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by
     this title may not be disclaimed by agreement but the parties
     may by agreement determine the standards by which the
     performance of such obligations is to be measured if such
     standards are not manifestly unreasonable.
        (d)  Effect of "unless otherwise agreed".--The presence in
     certain provisions of this title of the words "unless otherwise
     agreed" or words of similar import does not imply that the
     effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under
     subsection (c).

        Cross References.  Section 1102 is referred to in sections
     1201, 2A518, 2A519, 2A527, 2A528, 5103 of this title.

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