Sale of Goods Act Section 22 — Specific goods in a deliverable state, when the seller has to do anything thereto in order to ascertain price

CHAPTER III EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT — Transfer of property as between seller and buyer

Commercial / Corporate

Summary

This section deals with a situation where specific goods are ready to be handed over, but the price has not yet been fixed because it depends on some action the seller must take, such as weighing, measuring, or testing the goods. In such a case, ownership of the goods does not transfer to the buyer until the seller has completed that action and the buyer has been informed that it is done. Until both of these steps happen, the buyer does not become the owner, even though the goods are in a deliverable state.

Official Text

Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods in a deliverable state, but the seller is bound to weigh, measure, test or do some other act or thing with reference to the goods for the purpose of ascertaining the price, the property does not pass until such act or thing is done and the buyer has notice thereof.