Sale of Goods Act 1893

PART IFormation of the Contract

Contract of Sale

1Sale and agreement to sell

2Capacity to buy and sell

Formalities of the Contract

3Contract of sale, how made

4Contract of sale for ten pounds and upwards

Subject matter of Contract

5Existing or future goods

6Goods which have perished

7Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell

8Ascertainment of price

9Agreement to sell at valuation

Conditions and Warranties

10Stipulations as to time

11When condition to be treated as warranty

12Implied undertaking as to title, &c

13Sale by description

14Implied conditions as to quality or fitness

15Sale by sample

PART IIEffects of the Contract

Transfer of Property as between Seller and Buyer

16Goods must be ascertained

17Property passes when intended to pass

18Rules for ascertaining intention

19Reservation of right of disposal

20Risk prima, facie passes with property

Transfer of Title

21Sale by person not the owner

23Sale under voidable title

24Revesting of property in stolen goods on conviction of offender

25Seller or buyer in possession after sale

26Effect of writs of execution

PART IIIPerformance of the Contract

27Duties of seller and buyer

28Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions

29Rules as to delivery

30Delivery of wrong quantity

31Instalment deliveries

32Delivery to carrier

33Risk where goods are delivered at distant place

34Buyer's right of examining the goods

36Buyer not bound to return rejected goods

37Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods

PART IVRights of Unpaid Seller against the Goods

38Unpaid seller defined

39Unpaid seller's rights

40Attachment by seller in Scotland

Unpaid Seller's Lien

41Seller's lien

42Part delivery

43Termination of lien

Stoppage in Transitu

44Right of stoppage in transitu

45Duration of transit

46How stoppage in transitu is effected

Re-sale by Buyer or Seller

47Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer

48Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transitu

PART VActions for Breach of the Contract

Remedies of the Seller

49Action for price

50Damages for non-acceptance

Remedies of the Buyer

51Damages for non-delivery

52Specific performance

53Remedy for breach of warranty

54Interest and special damages

PART VISupplementary

55Exclusion of implied terms and conditions

56Reasonable time a question of fact

57Rights and duties under Act enforceable by action

58Auction sales

59Payment into court in Scotland when breach of warranty alleged

62Interpretation of terms

Sale of Goods Act 1893

1893 Chapter 71

An Act for codifying the Law relating to the Sale of Goods.

[20th February, 1894]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: