Section 6: Existing or future goods.

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

(1) The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existing goods, owned or possessed by the seller, or future goods.

(2) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen.

(3) Where by a contract of sale the seller purports to effect a present sale of future goods, the contract operates as an agreement to sell the goods.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
Section	6
Marginal note	Existing or future goods.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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