Sale of Goods Act, 1930 – Section wise Bare Act

The Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Chapter-I Preliminary

Section-1 Short title, extent and commencement

Section-2 Definitions

Section-3 Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872

Chapter-II Formation of the Contract

Section-4 Sale and agreement to sell

Section-5 Contract of Sale how made

Section-6 Existing or future goods

Section-7 Goods perishing before making of contract

Section-8 Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell

Section-9 Ascertainment of price

Section-10 Agreement to sell at valuation

Section-11 Stipulations as to time

Section-12 Condition and warranty

Section-13 When condition to be treated as warranty

Section-14 Implied undertaking as to title, etc.

Section-15 Sale by description

Section-16 Implied conditions as to quality or fitness

Section-17 Sale by sample

Chapter-III Effects of the Contract

Section-18 Goods must be ascertained

Section-19 Property passes when intended to pass

Section-20 Specific goods in a deliverable state

Section-21 Specific goods to be put into a deliverable state

Section-22 Specific goods in a deliverable state, when the seller has to do anything thereto in order to ascertain price

Section-23 Sale of unascertained goods and appropriation

Section-24 Goods sent on approval or “on sale or return”

Section-25 Reservation of right of disposal

Section-26 Risk prima facie passes with property

Section-27 Sale by person not the owner

Section-28 Sale by one of joint owners

Section-29 Sale by person in possession under voidable contract

Section-30 Seller or buyer in possession after sale

Chapter-IV Performance of the Contract

Section-31 Duties, of seller and buyer

Section-32 Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions

Section-33 Delivery

Section-34 Effect of part delivery

Section-35 Buyer to apply for delivery

Section-36 Rules as to delivery

Section-37 Delivery of wrong quantity

Section-38 Instalment deliveries

Section-39 Delivery to carrier or wharfinger

Section-40 Risk where goods are delivered at distant place

Section-41 Buyer’s right of examining the goods

Section-42 Acceptance

Section-43 Buyer not bound to return rejected goods

Section-44 Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods

Chapter-V Rights of Unpaid Seller against the Goods

Section-45 “Unpaid seller” defined

Section-46 Unpaid seller’s sights

Section-47 Seller’s lien

Section-48 Part delivery

Section-49 Termination of lien

Section-50 Right of stoppage in transit

Section-51 Duration of transit

Section-52 How stoppage in transit is effected

Section-53 Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer

Section-54 Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transit

Chapter-VI Suits for Breach of the Contract

Section-55 Suit for price

Section-56 Damages for non-acceptance

Section-57 Damages for non-delivery

Section-58 Specific performance

Section-59 Remedy for breach of warranty

Section-60 Repudiation of contract before due date

Section-61 Interest by way of damages and special damages

Chapter-VII Miscellaneous

Section-62 Exclusion of implied terms and conditions

Section-63 Reasonable time a question of fact

Section-64 Auction sale

Section-64A In contracts of sale, amount of increased or decreased taxes to be added or deducted

Section-65 Repealed.

Section-66 Savings

---

---

Access complete Bare Act here. To research Section and sub-section wise judgments, visit here.

---

Follow for daily updates:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Telegram
• X
• WhatsApp
• YouTube

---