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1、北京市国联律师事务所张还zh15910619907@sina.comUniformCommercialCodeARTICLE1-GENERALPROVISIONSPART1.GENERALPROVISIONS[TableofContents]§1-101.ShortTitles.(a)This[Act]maybecitedastheUniformCommercialCode.(b)ThisarticlemaybecitedasUniformCommercialCode-GeneralProvisions.§1-102.ScopeofArticle.Thisarticleapplies
2、toatransactiontotheextentthatitisgovernedbyanotherarticleof[theUniformCommercialCode].§1-103.Constructionof[UniformCommercialCode]toPromoteitsPurposesandPolicies:ApplicabilityofSupplementalPrinciplesofLaw.(a)[TheUniformCommercialCode]mustbeliberallyconstruedandappliedtopromoteitsunderlyingpurpo
3、sesandpolicies,whichare:(1)tosimplify,clarify,andmodernizethelawgoverningcommercialtransactions;(2)topermitthecontinuedexpansionofcommercialpracticesthroughcustom,usage,andagreementoftheparties;and(3)tomakeuniformthelawamongthevariousjurisdictions.(b)Unlessdisplacedbytheparticularprovisionsof[t
4、heUniformCommercialCode],theprinciplesoflawandequity,includingthelawmerchantandthelawrelativetocapacitytocontract,principalandagent,estoppel,fraud,misrepresentation,duress,coercion,mistake,bankruptcy,andothervalidatingorinvalidatingcausesupplementitsprovisions.§1-104.ConstructionAgainstImpliedR
5、epeal.[TheUniformCommercialCode]beingageneralactintendedasaunifiedcoverageofitssubjectmatter,nopartofitshallbedeemedtobeimpliedlyrepealedbysubsequentlegislationifsuchconstructioncanreasonablybeavoided.§1-105.Severability.Ifanyprovisionorclauseof[theUniformCommercialCode]oritsapplicationtoanyper
6、sonorcircumstanceisheldinvalid,theinvaliditydoesnotaffectotherprovisionsorapplicationsof[theUniformCommercialCode]whichcanbegiveneffectwithouttheinvalidprovisionorapplication,andtothisendtheprovisionsof[theUniformCommercialCode]areseverable.§1-106.UseofSingularandPlural;Gender.In[theUniformComm
7、ercialCode],unlessthestatutorycontextotherwiserequires:(1)wordsinthesingularnumberincludetheplural,andthoseinthepluralincludethesingular;and(2)wordsofanygenderalsorefertoanyothergender.§1-107.SectionCaptions.Sectioncaptionsarepart