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← Sale of Goods Act 1979

Sale of Goods Act 1979 s 2

s 2 Contract of sale

2.—(1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price. (2) There may be a contract of sale between one part owner and another. (3) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. (4) Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer, the contract is called a sale. (5) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled, the contract is called an agreement to sell. (6) An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time elapses or the conditions are fulfilled subject to which the property in the goods is to be transferred.

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