Mera Samvidhaan All of Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Chapter II · Formation of the Contract

8Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell.

Section 8 · Chapter II · Subject-matter of contract · page 5 of the Act

Where there is an agreement to sell specific goods, and subsequently the goods without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer perish or become so damaged as no longer to answer to their description in the agreement before the risk passes to the buyer, the agreement is thereby avoided.

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