1
1977 Ed.]
Sale of Goods
CHAPTER 26
SALE OF GOODS
To codify the law relating to the sale of goods.
[CAP. 26
3
[1st August, 1896.]
Originally
7 of 1896. (Cap. 26, 1950.)
50 of 1911.
8 of 1912.
5 of 1924.
47 of 1969.
21 of 1970.
38 of 1977. 1893 c. 71.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sale of Goods Ordinance.
Short title.
(Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)
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2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
Interpretation.
"action" includes suit, counterclaim, and set-off;
"business" includes a profession and the activities of any Government Department or the Urban Council or any other statutory body or authority; (Added, 58 of 1977, s. 2)
"buyer" means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods;
"contract for the international sale of goods" means a contract of sale of goods made by parties whose places of business (or, if they have none, habitual residences) are in different countries and in the case of which one of the following conditions is satisfied-
(a) the contract involves the sale of goods which are at the time of the conclusion of the contract in the course of carriage or will be carried from one country to another;
(b) the acts constituting the offer and acceptance have been effected in different countries; or
(c) delivery of the goods is to be made in the country other than that within which the acts constituting the offer and the acceptance have been effected; (Added, 58 of 1977, s. 2)
"contract of sale" includes an agreement to sell as well as a sale;
"delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another;
"document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented;
"fault" means wrongful act or default;
1973 c. 13, s. 7(1).
59/07570.
1
1977 Ed.]
Sale of Goods
CHAPTER 26
SALE OF GOODS
To codify the law relating to the sale of goods.
[CAP. 26
3
[1st August, 1896.]
Originally
7 of 1896. (Cap. 26, 1950.)
50 of 1911.
8 of 1912.
5 of 1924.
47 of 1969.
21 of 1970.
38 of 1977. 1893 c. 71.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sale of Goods Short title. Ordinance.
(Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)
39/94
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Interpretation. requires-
"action" includes suit, counterclaim, and set-off;
"business" includes a profession and the activities of any Govern- -ment Department or the Urban Council or any other statutory
body or authority; (Added, 58 of 1977, s. 2)
"buyer" means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods; "contract for the international sale of goods" means a contract of sale of goods made by parties whose places of business (or, if they have none, habitual residences) are in different countries and in the case of which one of the following conditions is satisfied-
(a) the contract involves the sale of goods which are at the time of the conclusion of the/contract in the course of carriage or will be carried from/one country to another;
(b) the acts constituting the offer and acceptance have been
effected in different countries; or
(c) delivery of the goods is to be made in the country other than that within which the acts constituting the offer and the acceptance have been effected; (Added, 58 of 1977, s. 2)
"contract of sale" includes an agreement to sell as well as a sale; "delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person
to another;
"document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented; "fault" means wrongful act or default;
1973 c. 13, s. 7(1).
59/07570.
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