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Section 6

Existing or future goods

of Sale of Goods Act 1957

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Section 6
(1)

The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existing goods, owned or possessed by the seller, or future goods.

(2)

There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen.

(3)

Where by a contract of sale the seller purports to effect a present sale of future goods, the contract operates as an agreement to sell the goods.