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Field 40A states IRREVOCABLE And 47A Mentions A Transferring Bank

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:19 am
by sandeep_mt
HI
1)Field 40A states IRREVOCABLE where as under field 47A its mentioned as Bank A is authorised to transfer the lc and lc is issued available with bank A.
Please confirm can the lc be transferred in above circumstances where filed 40A states Irrevocable instead of Irrevocable Transferable.

2)In order to transfer the lc the expiry place of the transfer lc will be of whose country Issuing bank/Transferring bank/Second beneficiary bank.Can the same be amended while transferring the lc.

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 3:15 pm
by gondem
According to UCP rule the credit cannot be transfered unless it is explicitly titled as 'transferable'. So only mentioning irrevocable is not sufficient. The expiry place should be the country of the transferring bank.

Art 38 b and j UCP 600

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 3:35 pm
by picant
HI Pal,

Art 38 b states that :transferable credit means a credit that specifically states that is "transferable".
Now it is a problem of interpretation so the first thing to do is contacting the issuing bank for clarification, para. j is quite clear, the transferring bank must evaluated the possible risk in changing the place of expiry.

Other comments appreciated

Ciao

Risk involved changing the place of expiry in case of transfer lc.

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:59 am
by sandeep_mt
Sir
Can you please elaborate regarding the risk involved changing the place of expiry in case of transfer lc.

First of all...

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:51 pm
by picant
Hi Pal,

first of all the loss of documents.... others will depend on the wording