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1、U.C.C.-ARTICLE1-GENERALPROVISIONSPART1.GENERALPROVISIONS[TableofContents]§1-101.ShortTitles.(a)This[Act]maybecitedastheUniformCommercialCode.(b)ThisarticlemaybecitedasUniformCommercialCode-GeneralProvisions.§1-102.ScopeofArticle.Thisarticleappliestoatransactiontotheextentthatitisgovernedbyan
2、otherarticleof[theUniformCommercialCode].§1-103.Constructionof[UniformCommercialCode]toPromoteitsPurposesandPolicies:ApplicabilityofSupplementalPrinciplesofLaw.(a)[TheUniformCommercialCode]mustbeliberallyconstruedandappliedtopromoteitsunderlyingpurposesandpolicies,whichare:(1)tosimplify,clar
3、ify,andmodernizethelawgoverningcommercialtransactions;(2)topermitthecontinuedexpansionofcommercialpracticesthroughcustom,usage,andagreementoftheparties;and(3)tomakeuniformthelawamongthevariousjurisdictions.(b)Unlessdisplacedbytheparticularprovisionsof[theUniformCommercialCode],theprincipleso
4、flawandequity,includingthelawmerchantandthelawrelativetocapacitytocontract,principalandagent,estoppel,fraud,misrepresentation,duress,coercion,mistake,bankruptcy,andothervalidatingorinvalidatingcausesupplementitsprovisions.§1-104.ConstructionAgainstImpliedRepeal.[TheUniformCommercialCode]bein
5、gageneralactintendedasaunifiedcoverageofitssubjectmatter,nopartofitshallbedeemedtobeimpliedlyrepealedbysubsequentlegislationifsuchconstructioncanreasonablybeavoided.§1-105.Severability.Ifanyprovisionorclauseof[theUniformCommercialCode]oritsapplicationtoanypersonorcircumstanceisheldinvalid,th
6、einvaliditydoesnotaffectotherprovisionsorapplicationsof[theUniformCommercialCode]whichcanbegiveneffectwithouttheinvalidprovisionorapplication,andtothisendtheprovisionsof[theUniformCommercialCode]areseverable.§1-106.UseofSingularandPlural;Gender.In[theUniformCommercialCode],unlessthestatutory
7、contextotherwiserequires:(1)wordsinthesingularnumberincludetheplural,andthoseinthepluralincludethesingular;and(2)wordsofanygenderalsorefertoanyothergender.§1-107.SectionCaptions.Sectioncaptionsarepartof[theUniformCommercialCode].§1-108.RelationtoEl