(1) Where a merchant sells or pledges, as part of the operation of the merchant’s commercial business, a movable thing that does not belong to the merchant, the provisions of the Civil Code to the benefit of those whose rights are derived from an unauthorised person apply also in those cases in which the good faith of the acquirer concerns the authority of the seller or pledgor to dispose over the thing on behalf of the owner.
(2) If the thing is encumbered by the right of a third party, the provisions of the Civil Code to the benefit of those whose rights are derived from an unauthorised person apply also in those cases in which the good faith concerns the authority of the seller or pledgor to dispose over the thing without reservation of such third-party right.
(3) With regard to the protection of good faith, the statutory security right of the commission agent, of the carrier or the sea carrier, the forwarder and the warehouse keeper is equivalent to a security right acquired by contract under subsection (1). However, sentence 1 does not apply to the statutory security right in respect of goods that are not the subject of the contract giving rise to the claim to be secured by the security right.