Under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, in a contract for sale by sample, there is an implied condition that…

Section 17(2)(c) implies a condition that the goods are free from "any defect, rendering them unmerchantable, which would not be apparent on reasonable examination of the sample". Defects that a reasonable look at the sample would reveal are the buyer's risk, and minor faults that do not make the goods unmerchantable are not covered.