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Sale of Goods Act, 1930
Act ID: 1930
Sale of Goods Act, 1930
"An Act to define and amend the law relating to the sale of goods."
Table of Contents
67 Sections
Ch. I
Preliminary
S.1
Short title, extent and commencement
S.2
Definitions
S.3
Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872
Ch. II
Formation of the Contract
S.4
Sale and agreement to sell
S.5
Contract of sale how made
S.6
Existing or future goods
S.7
Goods perishing before making of contract
S.8
Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell
S.9
Ascertainment of price
S.10
Agreement to sell at valuation
S.11
Stipulations as to time
S.12
Condition and warranty
S.13
When condition to be treated as warranty
S.14
Implied undertaking as to title, etc.
S.15
Sale by description
S.16
Implied conditions as to quality or fitness
S.17
Sale by sample
Ch. III
Effects of the Contract
S.18
Goods must be ascertained
S.19
Property passes when intended to pass
S.20
Specific goods in a deliverable state
S.21
Specific goods to be put into a deliverable state
S.22
Specific goods in a deliverable state, when the seller has to do anything thereto in order to ascertain price
S.23
Sale of unascertained goods and appropriation
S.24
Section 24 [Repealed/Omitted]
S.25
Reservation of right of disposal
S.26
Risk prima facie passes with property
S.27
Sale by person not the owner
S.28
Sale by one of joint owners
S.29
Sale by person in possession under voidable contract
S.30
Seller or buyer in possession after sale
Ch. IV
Performance of the Contract
S.31
Duties of seller and buyer
S.32
Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions
S.33
Delivery
S.34
Effect of part delivery
S.35
Buyer to apply for delivery
S.36
Rules as to delivery
S.37
Delivery of wrong quantity
S.38
Instalment deliveries
S.39
Delivery to carrier or wharfinger
S.40
Risk where goods are delivered at distant place
S.41
Section 41 [Repealed/Omitted]
S.42
Acceptance
S.43
Buyer not bound to return rejected goods
S.44
Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods
S.45
Section 45 [Repealed/Omitted]
S.46
Section 46 [Repealed/Omitted]
S.47
Section 47 [Repealed/Omitted]
Ch. V
Rights of Unpaid Seller against the Goods
S.48
Part delivery
S.49
Termination of lien
S.50
Right of stoppage in transit
S.51
Duration of transit
S.52
How stoppage in transit is effected
S.53
Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer
S.54
Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transit
Ch. VI
Suits for Breach of the Contract
S.55
Suit for price
S.56
Damages for non-acceptance
S.57
Damages for non-delivery
S.58
Specific performance
S.59
Remedy for breach of warranty
S.60
Repudiation of contract before due date
S.61
Interest by way of damages and special damages
Ch. VII
Miscellaneous
S.62
Exclusion of implied terms and conditions
S.63
Reasonable time a question of fact
S.64
Auction sale
S.64A
In contracts of sale, amount of increased or decreased taxes to be added or deducted
S.65
Repeal
S.66
Savings