1101 - Short titles.
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 Bulk Transfers (Repealed) 7.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. General Provisions 12. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation 13. Territorial Applicability and General Rules Enactment. Division 1 was added April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days. Prior Provisions. Former Division 1, which related to the same subject matter, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days. CHAPTER 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1101. Short titles. 1102. Scope of division. 1103. Construction of title to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law. 1104. Construction against implied repeal. 1105. (Reserved). 1106. Use of singular and plural; gender. 1107. Section captions. 1108. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Enactment. Chapter 11 was added April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days. Prior Provisions. Former Chapter 11, which related to short title, construction, application and subject matter of title, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed April 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, effective in 60 days. § 1101. Short titles. (a) Title.--This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code. (b) Division.--This division may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code-General Provisions.