Sale of Goods Act 1957 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Chapter V · Rights of Unpaid Seller Against the Goods
47. Seller’s lien
Feedback & supportSubject to this Act, the unpaid seller of goods who is in possession of them is entitled to retain possession of them until payment or tender of the price in the following cases, namely:
where the goods have been sold without any stipulation as to credit;
where the goods have been sold on credit, but the term of credit has expired;
where the buyer becomes insolvent.
The seller may exercise his right of lien notwithstanding that he is in possession of the goods as agent or bailee for the buyer.
goods
“goods” means every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money; and includes stock and shares, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale; a person is said to be “insolvent” who has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay his debts as they become due, whether he has committed an act of bankruptcy or not;
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