South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts21—Sale by person not the owner
(1) Subject to the
provisions of this Act, where goods are sold by a person who is not the owner
thereof, and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of
the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller
had, unless the owner of the goods is by his conduct precluded from denying
the seller's authority to sell.
(2) Provided also that
nothing in this Act shall affect—
(a) the
provisions of the Mercantile Law Act 1936 or any enactment enabling the
apparent owner of goods to dispose of them as if he were the true owner
thereof;
(b) the
validity of any contract of sale under any special common law, or statutory
power of sale, or under the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.