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Section 25: Reservation of right of disposal.

The Sale of Goods Act, 1930Central Act · Act 3 of 1930

(1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods or where goods are subsequently appropriated to the contract, the seller may, by the terms of the contract or appropriation, reserve the right of disposal of the goods until certain conditions are fulfilled. In such case, notwithstanding the delivery of the goods to a buyer or to a carrier or other bailee for the purpose of transmission to the buyer, the property in the goods does not pass to the buyer until the conditions imposed by the seller are fulfilled.

[(2) Where goods are shipped or delivered to a railway administration for carriage by railway and by the bill of lading or railway receipt, as the case may be, the goods are deliverable to the order of the seller or his agent, the seller is prima facie deemed to reserve the right of disposal.

(3) Where the seller of goods draws on the buyer for the price and transmits to the buyer the bill of exchange together with the bill of lading or, as the case may be, the railway receipt, to secure acceptance or payment of the bill of exchange, the buyer is bound to return the bill of lading or the railway receipt if he does not honour the bill of exchange; and, if he wrongfully retains the bill of lading or the railway receipt, the property in the goods does not pass to him.

Explanation.-- In this section, the expressions "railway" and "railway administration" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them under the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890).]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Sale of Goods Act, 1930
Section25
Marginal noteReservation of right of disposal.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 33 of 1963. . Subs by Act 33 of 1963, s. 4, for sub-sections (2) and (3) (w.e.f. 22-9-1963).

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