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bruneilawsby aturio
In force1999 Revised Edition
Contents

Part IV · Performance of the Contract

Section 36

In plain English

A buyer who has not examined delivered goods is not treated as accepting them until given a reasonable chance to check they match the contract. Unless agreed otherwise, a seller offering delivery must, on request, give the buyer a reasonable chance to examine the goods.

Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.

(1)

Where goods are delivered to the buyer, and he has not previously examined them, he is not deemed to have accepted them until he has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in conformity with the contract.

(2)

Unless otherwise agreed, when the 'Seller tenders delivery of goods to the buyer, he is bound on request to afford the buyer a reasonable opportunity of examining the goods for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in conformity with the contract.

Deliveryto carrier

,Riskwhere goodsare deliveredat distant place

Buyer's right of examinibg the goods

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Sale of Goods

Acceptance

Buyernot bound to return rejectedgoods

Buyer's liability for not taking delivery of goods

Report

Read on from s 37

Part V

Rights of Unpaid Seller Against the Goods

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Supplement Ary

Read on from Part VII