Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Year: 1930

Enactment Date: 1930-03-15

Long Title: An Act to define and amend the law relating to the sale of goods.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 4: Sale and agreement to sell.
        (1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a price. There may be a contract of sale between one part-owner and another.
              (2) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional.
              (3) 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, but where the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled, the contract is called an agreement to sell.
              (4) 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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