Sale of Goods Act 1979
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 CONTRACTS TO WHICH ACT APPLIES
1 Contracts to which Act applies
Part 2 FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT
Contract of sale
2 Contract of sale
3 Capacity to buy and sell
Formalities of contract
4 How contract of sale is made
Subject matter of contract
5 Existing or future goods
6 Goods which have perished
7 Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell
Price
8 Ascertainment of price
9 Agreement to sell at valuation
Conditions and warranties
10 Stipulations about time
11 When condition to be treated as warranty
12 Implied terms about title, etc.
13 Sale by description
14 Implied terms about quality or fitness
Sale by sample
15 Sale by sample
Miscellaneous
15A Modification of remedies for breach of condition in non‑consumer cases
Part 3 EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT
Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
16 Goods must be ascertained
17 Property passes when intended to pass
18 Rules for ascertaining intention
19 Reservation of right of disposal
20 Risk prima facie passes with property
20A Undivided shares in goods forming part of bulk
20B Deemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk goods
Transfer of title
21 Sale by person not the owner
22 (Repealed)
23 Sale under voidable title
24 Seller in possession after sale
25 Buyer in possession after sale
26 Supplementary to sections 24 and 25
Part 4 PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT
27 Duties of seller and buyer
28 Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions
29 Rules about delivery
30 Delivery of wrong quantity
31 Instalment deliveries
32 Delivery to carrier
33 Risk where goods are delivered at distant place
34 Buyer’s right of examining goods
35 Acceptance
35A Right of partial rejection
36 Buyer not bound to return rejected goods
37 Buyer’s liability for not taking delivery of goods
Part 5 RIGHTS OF UNPAID SELLER AGAINST THE GOODS
Preliminary
38 Unpaid seller defined
39 Unpaid seller’s rights
40 (Omitted)
Unpaid seller’s lien
41 Seller’s lien
42 Part delivery
43 Termination of lien
Stoppage in transit
44 Right of stoppage in transit
45 Duration of transit
46 How stoppage in transit is effected
Re-sale, etc., by buyer
47 Effect of sub-sale, etc., by buyer
Rescission: and re-sale by seller
48 Rescission: and re-sale by seller
Part 6 ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF THE CONTRACT
Seller’s remedies
49 Action for price
50 Damages for non-acceptance
Buyer’s remedies
51 Damages for non-delivery
52 Specific performance
53 Remedy for breach of warranty
Interest, etc.
54 Interest, etc.
Part 7 SUPPLEMENTARY
55 Exclusion of implied terms
56 Conflict of laws
57 Auction sales
58 (Omitted)
59 Reasonable time a question of fact
60 Rights, etc., enforceable by action
61 Interpretation
62 Savings: rules of law, etc.
63 Short title
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table