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A seller is authorised or required to send goods to the buyer. Under section 39(1) of the Sale of Goods…

Section 39(1) provides that where the seller is authorised or required to send the goods, delivery "to a carrier, whether named by the buyer or not, for the purpose of…

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A seller is authorised or required to send goods to the buyer. Under section 39(1) of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, delivery to a carrier for transmission to the buyer is:

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Section 39(1) provides that where the seller is authorised or required to send the goods, delivery "to a carrier, whether named by the buyer or not, for the purpose of transmission to the buyer" is "prima facie deemed to be a delivery of the goods to the buyer". Delivery does not wait for the goods to arrive, and the buyer need not have named the carrier.

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