42: Acceptance — Sale of Goods Act, 1930

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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.

Effective date: 1930-07-01

Related sections

41: Buyer’s right of examining the goods 43: Buyer not bound to return rejected goods 40: Risk where goods are delivered at distant place 44: Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods 39: Delivery to carrier or wharfinger 45: “Unpaid seller” defined

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