Sale of Goods Act, 1930

CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. (2) It extends toRead More →

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject of content- (1) “buyer” means a person who buys or agrees to buyRead More →

3. Applications of provisions of Act 9 of 1882. The unrepealed provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 save insofar as they are inconsistent withRead More →

CHAPTER II – FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT CONTRACT OF SALE 4. Sale and agreement to sell. (1) A contract of sale of goods is aRead More →

FORMALITIES OF THE CONTRACT 5. Contract of Sale how made. (1) A contract of sale is made by an offer to buy or sell goodsRead More →

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CONTRACT 6. Existing or future goods. (1) The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be eitherRead More →

7. Goods perishing before making of contract. Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods, the contract is void if the goodsRead More →

8. Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell. Where there is an agreement to sell specific goods, and subsequently the goods without anyRead More →

THE PRICE 9. Ascertainment of price. (1) The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract or may be left toRead More →

10. Agreement to sell at valuation. (1) Where there is an agreement to sell goods on the terms that the price is to be fixedRead More →

CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES 11. Stipulations as to time. Unless a different intention appears from the terms of the contract, stipulations as to time of paymentRead More →

12. Condition and warranty. (1) A stipulation in a contract of sale with reference to goods which are the subject thereof may be a conditionRead More →

13. When condition to be treated as warranty. (1) Where a contract of sale is subject to any condition to the fulfilled by the seller,Read More →

14. Implied undertaking as to tile, etc. In a contract of sale, unless the circumstances of the contract are such as to show a differentRead More →

15. Sale by description. Where there is a contract for the sale of goods by description, there is an implied condition that the goods shallRead More →

16. Implied condition as to quality or fitness. Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other law for the time being inRead More →

17. Sale by sample. (1) A contract of sale is a contract for sale by sample where there is a term in the contract, expressRead More →

CHAPTER III – EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AS BETWEEN SELLER AND BUYER 18. Goods must be ascertained. Where there is a contractRead More →

19. Property passes when intended to pass. (1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific or ascertained goods the property in themRead More →

20. Specific goods in a deliverable state. Where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods in a deliverable state, the propertyRead More →

21. Specific goods to be put into a deliverable state. Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods and the seller isRead More →

22. Specific goods in a deliverable state, when the seller has to do anything thereto in order to ascertain price. Where there is a contractRead More →

23. Sale of unascertained goods and appropriation. (1) Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained or future goods by description and goodsRead More →

24. Goods sect on approval or ‘on sale or return’. When goods are delivered to the buyer on approval or on sale or return orRead More →

25. Reservation of right of disposal. (1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods or where goods are subsequently appropriated toRead More →

26. Risk Prima facie passes with property. Unless otherwise agreed, the goods remain at the seller’s risk until the property therein is transferred to theRead More →

TRANSFER OF TITLE 27. Sale by person not the owner. Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other law for the timeRead More →

28. Sale by one of joint owners. If one of several joint owners of goods has the sole possession of them by permission of theRead More →

29. Sale by person in possession under voidable contract. When the seller of gods has obtained possession thereof under a contract voidable under Section 19Read More →

30. Seller or buyer in possession after sale. (1) Where a person, having sold goods, continues or is in possession of the goods or ofRead More →

CHAPTER IV – PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT 31. Duties of seller and buyer. It is the duty of the seller to deliver the goods andRead More →

32. Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions. Unless otherwise agreed, delivery of the gods and payment of the price are concurrent conditions, that is toRead More →

33. Delivery. Delivery of goods sold may be made by doing anything which the parties agree shall be treated as delivery or which has theRead More →

34. Effect of part delivery. A delivery of part of goods, in progress of the delivery of the whole has the same effect, for theRead More →

35. Buyer to apply for delivery. Apart from any express contract, the seller of goods in not bound to deliver them until the buyer appliesRead More →

36. Rules as to delivery. (1) Whether it is for the buyer to take possession of the goods or for the seller to send themRead More →

37. Delivery of wrong quantity. (1) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of good less than he contracted to sell, the buyerRead More →

38. Instalment deliveries. (1) Unless otherwise agreed, the buyer of goods is not bound to accept delivery thereof by instalments. (2) Where there is aRead More →

39. Delivery to carrier or wharfinger. (1) Where, in pursuance of a contract of sale, the seller is authorised or required to send the goodsRead More →

40. Risk where goods are delivered at distant place. Where the seller of goods agrees to deliver them at his own risk at place otherRead More →

41. Buyer’s right of examining the goods. (1) Where goods are delivered to the buyer which he has not previously examined, he is not deemedRead More →

42. Acceptance. The buyer is deemed to have accepted the goods when he intimates to the seller that he has accepted them, or when theRead More →

43. Buyer not bound to return rejected goods. Unless otherwise agreed, where goods are delivered to the buyer and he refuses to accept them, havingRead More →

44. Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods. When the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods and requests theRead More →

CHAPTER V – RIGHTS OF UNPAID SELLER AGAINST THE GOODS 45. “Unpaid seller” defined. (1) The seller of goods is deemed to be an “unpaidRead More →

46. Unpaid seller’s rights. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any law for the for the time being in force, notwithstandingRead More →

UNPAID SELLER’S LIEN 47. Seller’s lien. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the unpaid seller of goods who is in possession of themRead More →

48. Part delivery. Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods, he may exercise his right of lien on the remainder, unlessRead More →

49. Termination of lien. (1) The unpaid seller of goods losses his lien thereon- (a) when he delivers the goods to a carrier or otherRead More →

STOPPAGE IN TRANSIT 50. Right of stoppage in transit. Subject to the provisions of this Act, when the buyer of goods becomes insolvent, the unpaidRead More →

51. Duration of transit. (1) Goods are deemed to be in course of transit from the time when they are delivered to a carrier orRead More →

52. How stoppage in transit is effected. (1) The unpaid seller may exercise his right to stoppage in transit either by taking actual possession ofRead More →

TRANSFER BY BUYER AND SELLER 53. Effect to sub-sale or pledge by buyer. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the unpaid seller’s rightRead More →

54. Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transit. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a contract of sale is notRead More →

CHAPTER VI – SUITS FOR BREACH OF THE CONTRACT 55. Suit for price. (1) Where under a contract of sale the property in the goodsRead More →

56. Damages for non-acceptance. Where the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to accept and pay for the goods, the seller may sue him for damagesRead More →

57. Damages for non-delivery. Where the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver the goods to the buyer, the buyer may sue the seller forRead More →

58. Specific performance. Subject to the provisions of Chapter II of the Specific Relief Act, 1877, in any suit for breach of contract to deliverRead More →

59. Remedy for breach of warranty. (1) Where there is a breach of warranty by the seller, or where the buyer elects or is compelledRead More →

60. Repudiation of contract before due date. Where either party to a contract of sale repudiates the contract before the date of delivery, the otherRead More →

61. Interest by way of damages and special damages. (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the seller or the buyer toRead More →

CHAPTER VII – MISCELLANEOUS 62. Exclusion of implied terms and conditions. Where any right, duty or liability would arise under a contract of sale byRead More →

63. Reasonable time a question of fact. Where in this Act any reference is made to a reasonable time, the question what is a reasonableRead More →

64. Auction sale. In the case of sale by auction- (1) where goods are put up for sale in lots, each lot is prima facieRead More →

64A. In contracts of sale, amount of increased or deceased to tax to be added or deducted. (1) Unless a different intention appears from theRead More →

65. Repeal. Rep. By the Repealing Act, 1938 (1of 1938), S. 2 and Sch. Sale fo Goods Act full Bare Act Download Sale of GoodsRead More →

66. Savings. (1) Nothing in this Act or in any repeal effected thereby shall affect or be deemed to affect- (a) any right, title, interest, obligationsRead More →