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How does section 11 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, treat stipulations about time?

Section 11 presumes that time of payment is not essential unless the contract shows a different intention. For other time stipulations, the contract’s terms determine…

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How does section 11 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, treat stipulations about time?

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Section 11 presumes that time of payment is not essential unless the contract shows a different intention. For other time stipulations, the contract’s terms determine whether time is essential.

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Option A

Section 11 sets the opposite default for time of payment.

Option B

Section 11 presumes that time of payment is not essential unless the contract shows a different intention. For other time stipulations, the contract’s terms determine whether time is essential.

Option C

The terms can make time of payment essential. The terms also determine whether a delivery stipulation is essential.

Option D

Specifying a date does not by itself settle the statutory question of whether a stipulation is essential.

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