Version No. 112
Goods Act 1958
No. 6265 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 July 2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1Short title and commencement
2Repeals and savings
Part I—Sale of goods
Division 1—Preliminary
3Definitions
4Savings
5Further savings
Division 2—Formation of the contract
Contract of Sale
6Sale and agreement to sell
7Capacity to buy and sell
Formalities of the Contract
8Making of contract of sale
Subject-matter of Contract
10Existing or future goods
11Goods perished at time of contract
12Goods perished after agreement to sell?
The Price
13Ascertainment of price
14Agreement to sell at valuation
Conditions and Warranties
15Stipulations as to time
16Treatment of condition as warranty
17Implied undertakings
18Sale by description
19Implied conditions as to quality or fitness
Sale by Sample
20Sale by sample
Division 3—Effects of the contract
Transfer of Property as between Seller and Buyer
21Sale of unascertained goods
22Property passes when intended to pass
23Rules for ascertaining intention
24Reservation of right of disposal
25Risk prima facie passes with property
25AContract of sale for goods forming part of bulk quantity
Transfer of Title
26Savings
27Sale by person not the owner
29Sale under voidable title
30Seller in possession after sale
31Buyer in possession after sale
Contracts for the Sale of Wool or Sheep Skins
32Sale of wool
33Sale of sheep skins
Division 4—Performance of the contract
34Duties of seller and buyer
35Payment and delivery
36Rules as to delivery
37Delivery of wrong quantity
38Instalment deliveries
39Delivery to carrier
40Goods delivered at distant place
41Buyer's right of examining goods
42Acceptance
43Buyer not bound to return rejected goods
44Failure to take delivery of goods
Division 5—Rights of unpaid seller against the goods
45Definition of unpaid seller
46Unpaid seller's rights
Unpaid Seller's Lien
47Unpaid seller's lien
48Part delivery
49Termination of lien
Stoppage in transitu
50Right of stoppage in transitu
51Duration of transit
52Exercise of stoppage in transitu
Re-sale by Buyer or Seller
53Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer
54Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transitu
Division 6—Actions for breach of the contract
Remedies of the Seller
55Action for price
56Damages for non-acceptance
Remedies of the Buyer
57Damages for non-delivery
58Specific performance
59Remedy for breach of warranty
Interest and Special Damages
60Interest and special damages
Division 7—Supplementary
61Exclusion of implied terms and conditions
62Reasonable time a question of fact
63Rights etc. enforceable by action
64Auction sales
Part II—Consignees, mercantile agents, documents of title to goods
65Definitions
66Provisions as to consignees
67Powers of mercantile agents with respect to disposition of goods
68Further provisions with respect to mercantile agents
69Pledges by way of exchange protected
70Pledge for antecedent debt
71Transfer of document of title
72Delivery of warrant for goods
81Saving of rights
Part III—Effect of execution and conviction on title to goods
82Writs of execution
83Property obtained by wrongful means
83AGoods sold in execution
Part IV—Vienna Convention
84Part binds the Crown
85Convention
86Convention to have the force of law
87Convention to prevail in event of inconsistency
88Evidence of certain matters
Part IVA—Sea-carriage documents
Division 1—Preliminary
89Definitions
90Electronic and computerised sea-carriage…