Sale of Goods Act Section 42 — Acceptance

CHAPTER IV PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT

Commercial / Corporate

Summary

The buyer is considered to have accepted the goods in any of these three situations: first, when the buyer tells the seller that they accept the goods; second, when the goods have been handed over to the buyer and the buyer does something with them that goes against the seller still being the owner (for example, using or disposing of them as if they were the buyer's own); or third, when the buyer keeps the goods for a reasonable amount of time without telling the seller that they are rejecting them.

Official Text

The buyer is deemed to have accepted the goods when he intimates to the seller that he has accepted them, or when the goods have been delivered to him and he does any act in relation to them which is inconsistent with the ownership of the seller, or when, after the lapse of a reasonable time, he retains the goods without intimating to the seller that he has rejected them.