本篇将介绍非土地实产的概念及其主要处置方式——签订卖据。卖据一般被认为是一种担保，将无条件转让非土地实产的衡平法权益，其文书格式也会在此一并附上供参考学习。全文会是中英对照的形式。
非土地实产 (personal chattels) 指可藉交付而完全转让的货物、 家具及其他物品，亦指 ( 如独立转让或押记时 ) 固定附着物及生长中农作物，但不包括连同本身所附着的土地或建筑物权益转让的固定附着物 ( 下文所界定的营业机器除外 )、连同本身所生长土地的权益转让的生长中农作物、政府债券、基金或证券的股份或权益、法团公司或合股公司资本或财产的股份或权益、据法权产及凭借任何契诺或协议、在卖据订立或发出时不应从其所在农场移走的任何农场中或土地上的牲畜、农具或农产品。非土地实产只要留放在或处于卖据订立人或发出人所占用的房屋、厂房、仓库、建筑物、制造厂、工场、土地或其他处所之内，或被卖据订立人或发出人在任何地方使用或享用，则即使已被他人正式管有或交由他人正式管有，仍须当作由卖据订立人或发出人表面管有；
personal chattels (非土地實產（实产）) means goods, furniture, and other articles capable of complete transfer by delivery, and (when separately assigned or charged) fixtures and growing crops, but does not include fixtures (except trade machinery as hereinafter defined) when assigned together with any interest in any land or building to which they are affixed, or growing crops when assigned together with any interest in the land on which they grow, or shares or interests in the stock, funds, or securities of any government or in the capital or property of incorporated or joint-stock companies, or choses in action, or any stock or produce upon any farm or lands which, by virtue of any covenant or agreement, ought not to be removed from any farm where the same are at the time of making or giving of such bill of sale. Personal chattels shall be deemed to be in the apparent possession of the person making or giving a bill of sale, so long as they remain or are in or upon any house, mill, warehouse, building, works, yard, land, or other premises occupied by him, or are used and enjoyed by him in any place whatsoever, notwithstanding that formal possession thereof may have been taken by or given to any other person;
卖据 (bill of sale) 包括各种卖据、转让书、不带转让的信托声明书、附有收据的货物清单或购买货物款项的收据、其他非土地实产转易契，也包括了各种授权书、权限文件或用以管有非土地实产作为任何债务保证的特许文件、 任何藉以授予非土地实产的衡平法权益的协议书或授予附于非土地实产的押记或保证的衡平法权益的协议书 ( 不论是否有意随后签立任何其他文书 )。
bill of sale (賣據) includes bills of sale, assignments, transfers, declarations of trust without transfer, inventories of goods with receipt thereto attached, or receipts for purchase moneys of goods, and other assurances of personal chattels, and also powers of attorney, authorities, or licences to take possession of personal chattels as security for any debt, and also any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, is conferred.
卖据 本双联契约订立于 19 年*月*日， 以地址为*的 A.B. 为一方及以地址 为*的 C.D. 为另一方，兹证明如下︰ C.D. 现付予 A.B.$ [ 或任何其他代价 ]，该款额A.B.在此予以认收，A.B. 因而在此将本双联契约所连附表上所明确列明的各项实产及对象，全部及个别转让与C.D. 本人、其遗产执行人、遗产管理人及承让人，作为保证支付款额$及其以年利率百分之[或任何其他利率] 计算的利息之用。A.B. 更同意及声明于19 年* 月 *日 [ 或任何其他订明的还款时间 ] 将上述本金及届时须付的利息，分为 期相等款额，每期 $ ，按期缴付予 C.D.。此外，A.B.与 C.D. 又约定其本人将 [ 在此填上有关保险，租金支付或其他双方同意与维持或废止该保证有关的条款 ] ︰但 C.D. 永远不得以《卖据条例》( 第 20 章 ) 第 14 条所指明的因由以外的任何因由检取或管有藉此双联契约转让的实产。
兹此证明 ( 下略 )。
由 A.B. 在本人 E.F. 面前签署及加盖印章。
[ 在此加上证人姓名、地址及描述 ]。
Bill of sale This Indenture made the day of , 19 , between A.B., of of the one part and C.D., of of the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the sum of $ now paid to A.B. by C.D., the receipt of which sum the said A.B. hereby acknowledges [or whatever else the consideration may be], he, the said A.B. doth hereby assign unto C.D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, all and singular the several chattels and things specifically described in the schedule hereto annexed by way of security for the payment of the sum of $ and interest thereon at the rate of per cent per annum [or whatever else may be the rate]. And the said A.B. doth further agree and declare that he will duly pay to the said C.D. the principal sum aforesaid, together with the interest then due, by equal payments of $ on the day of , 19 , [or whatever else may be the stipulated time or times of payment]. And the said A.B. doth also agree with the said C.D. that he will [here insert term as to insurance, payment of rent, or otherwise, which the parties may agree to for the maintenance or defeasance of the security]: Provided always that the chattels hereby assigned shall not be liable to seizure or to be taken possession of by the said C.D. for any cause other than those specified in section 14 of the Bills of Sale Ordinance (Cap. 20).
In witness, etc.
Signed and sealed by the said A.B. in the presence of me, E.F.
[add witness’s name, address, and description].
