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Cap 292 | Last Updated: 31 December 2023
(1)A contract of sale of goods is a contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in the goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price.
(2)There may be a contract of sale between one part owner and another.
(3)A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional.
(4)Where, under a contract of sale, the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer, the contract is called a sale.
(5)Where the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to conditions to be fulfilled after the making of the contract, the contract is called an agreement to sell.
(6)An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time elapses, or the conditions are fulfilled subject to which the property in the goods is to be transferred.
(1)A contract for the supply of services means a contract where a person agrees to carry out a service whether goods are'
(a)transferred or are to be transferred; or
(b)bailed or are to be bailed by way of hire, under the contract, regardless of the nature of the consideration for which the service is to be carried out.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), a contract of service or apprenticeship is not a contract for the supply of services.
(1)A person has capacity to buy and sell goods or supply services where that person is'
(a)eighteen years or above;
(b)of sound mind; and
(c)not disqualified from contracting by any law.
(2)Notwithstanding this section, a person of sixteen years or above has the capacity to contract as provided under Article 34(4) and (5) of the Constitution.
(3)Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a person under eighteen years, or to a person who, by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness is incompetent to enter into a contract, he or she must pay a reasonable price for the necessaries.
(4)In this section, "necessaries" means goods or services suitable to the condition in life of a person under eighteen or other person, and to his or her actual requirements at the time of the sale and delivery.
(1)A contract of sale or supply of services may be made in writing, or by word of mouth, or partly in writing and partly by word of mouth, or in the form of a data message, or may be implied from the conduct of the parties.
(2)This section shall not affect a contract entered into under any other law requiring a contract to be made in a specific manner.
(1)The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be existing goods owned or possessed by the seller, or goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale, in this Act called "future goods".
(2)A contract for sale of goods may be made where, the acquisition of such goods by the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen.
(3)Where the seller in a contract of sale of goods or supplier in a contract for the supply of services purports to effect a present sale of future goods or to supply future services, the contract operates as an agreement to sell the goods or supply of services.
(4)A contract for the supply of services may be made where, the acquisition of such service by the supplier depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen.
This is the complete text of Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act (Cap 292). For legal advice, please consult a qualified lawyer.