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        Sale of Goods Act 1979 (c. 54)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Contracts to Which Act Applies
        1. Contracts to which Act applies.
        Part II Formation of the Contract
        Contract of sale
        2. Contract of sale.
        3. Capacity to buy and sell.
        Formalities of contract
        4. How contract of sale is made.
        Subject matter of contract
        5. Existing or future goods.
        6. Goods which have perished.
        7. Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell.
        The price
        8. Ascertainment of price.
        9. Agreement to sell at valuation.
        Implied terms etc.
        10. Stipulations about time.
        11. When condition to be treated as warranty.
        12. Implied terms about title, etc.
        13. Sale by description.
        14. Implied terms about quality or fitness.
        Sale by sample
        15. Sale by sample.
        Miscellaneous
        15A. Modification of remedies for breach of condition in non-consumer cases.
        15B. Remedies for breach of contract as respects Scotland.
        Part III Effects of the Contract
        Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
        16. Goods must be ascertained.
        17. Property passes when intended to pass.
        18. Rules for ascertaining intention.
        19. Reservation of right of disposal.
        20. Passing of risk.
        20A. Undivided shares in goods forming part of a bulk.
        20B. Deemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk goods.
        Transfer of title
        21. Sale by person not the owner.
        22. Market overt.
        23. Sale under voidable title.
        24. Seller in possession after sale.
        25. Buyer in possession after sale.
        26. Supplementary to sections 24 and 25.
        Part IV Performance of the Contract
        27. Duties of seller and buyer.
        28. Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions.
        29. Rules about delivery.
        30. Delivery of wrong quantity.
        31. Instalment deliveries.
        32. Delivery to carrier.
        33. Risk where goods are delivered at distant place.
        34. Buyer's right of examining the goods.
        35. Acceptance.
        35A. Right of partial rejection.
        36. Buyer not bound to return rejected goods.
        37. Buyer's liability for not taking delivery of goods.
        Part V Rights of Unpaid Seller Against the Goods
        Preliminary
        38. Unpaid seller defined.
        39. Unpaid seller's rights.
        40. Attachment by seller in Scotland.
        Unpaid seller's lien
        41. Seller's lien.
        42. Part delivery.
        43. Termination of lien.
        Stoppage in transit
        44. Right of stoppage in transit.
        45. Duration of transit.
        46. How stoppage in transit is effected.
        Re-sale etc. by buyer
        47. Effect of sub-sale etc. by buyer.
        Rescission: and re-sale by seller
        48. Rescission: and re-sale by seller.
        PART 5A ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF BUYER IN CONSUMER CASES
        48A Introductory
        48B Repair or replacement of the goods
        48C Reduction of purchase price or rescission of contract
        48D Relation to other remedies etc.
        48E Powers of the court
        48F Conformity with the contract
        Part VI Actions for Breach of the Contract
        Seller's remedies
        49. Action for price.
        50. Damages for non-acceptance.
        Buyer's remedies
        51. Damages for non-delivery.
        52. Specific performance.
        53. Remedy for breach of warranty.
        53A. Measure of damages as respects Scotland.
        Interest, etc.
        54. Interest, etc.
        Part VII Supplementary
        55. Exclusion of implied terms.
        56. Conflict of laws.
        57. Auction sales.
        58. Payment into court in Scotland.
        59. Reasonable time a question of fact.
        60. Rights etc. enforceable by action.
        61. Interpretation.
        62. Savings: rules of law etc.
        63. Consequential amendments, repeals and savings.
        64. Short title and commencement.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Modification of Act for Certain Contracts
        SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments
        SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
        SCHEDULE 4 Savings

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