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13 Taking possession under credit contract (1) For this Act— (a) a person who takes possession of a thing under a credit contract is taken to have acquired it; and (b) the person who possessed the thing immediately before parting with possession is taken to have disposed of it. credit—see the National Credit Code, section 204 (1). credit contract means a contract under which credit is or may be provided.

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