SALE OF GOODS ACT 1972

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART I--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 3 Repeal and saving  
• 4 Savings  
• 5 Interpretation of terms  

PART II--FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT

Division 1--Contract of sale

• 6 Sale and agreement to sell  
• 7 Capacity to buy and sell  
• 8 Contract of sale how made  

Division 2--Subject-matter of contract

• 10 Existing or future goods  
• 11 Goods which have perished  
• 12 Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell  

Division 3--The price

• 13 Ascertainment of price  
• 14 Agreement to sell at valuation  

Division 4--Conditions and warranties

• 15 Stipulation as to time  
• 16 When condition to be treated as warranty  
• 17 Implied understanding as to title, &c.  
• 18 Sale by description  
• 19 Implied condition as to quality or fitness  

Division 5--Sale by sample

• 20 Sale by sample  

PART III--EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT

Division 1--Transfer of property as between seller and buyer

• 21 Goods must be ascertained  
• 22 Property passes when intended to pass  
• 23 Rules for ascertaining intention  
• 24 Reservation of right of disposal  
• 25 Risk prima facie passes with property  

Division 2--Transfer of title

• 26 Sale by person not the owner  
• 27 Sale under voidable title  
• 28 Seller or buyer in possession after sale  
• 29 Effect of writs of execution  

PART IV--PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT

• 30 Duties of seller and buyer  
• 31 Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions  
• 32 Rules as to delivery  
• 33 Delivery of wrong quantity or mixed goods  
• 34 Instalment deliveries  
• 35 Delivery to carrier  
• 36 Risk where goods are delivered at a distant place  
• 37 Buyer's right of examining the goods  
• 38 Acceptance  
• 39 Buyers not bound to return rejected goods  
• 40 Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods  

PART V--RIGHTS OF UNPAID SELLER AGAINST THE GOODS

Division 1--General

• 41 Unpaid seller defined  
• 42 Unpaid seller's rights  

Division 2--Unpaid seller's lien

• 43 Seller's lien  
• 44 Part delivery  
• 45 Termination of lien  

Division 3--Stoppage in transitu

• 46 Right of stoppage in transitu  
• 47 Duration of transit  
• 48 How stoppage in transitu is effected  

Division 4--Resale by buyer or seller

• 49 Effect of subsale or pledge by buyer  
• 50 Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transitu  

PART VI--ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF THE CONTRACT

Division 1--Remedies of the Seller

• 51 Action for price  
• 52 Damages for non-acceptance  
• 53 Damages for non-delivery  

Division 2--Remedies of the buyer

• 54 Remedy for breach of warranty  
• 55 Interest and special damages  
• 56 Saving of proceedings in equity  

PART VII--MISCELLANEOUS

• 57 Exclusion of implied terms and conditions  
• 58 Reasonable time a question of fact  
• 59 Rights, &c., enforceable by action  
• 60 Auction sales  
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