Sale of Goods Act, 1930 · Chapter III: Effects of the Contract · Transfer of title
Section 29: Sale by person in possession under voidable contract
When the seller of goods has obtained possession thereof under a contract voidable under section 19 or section 19A of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), but the contract has not been rescinded at the time of the sale, the buyer acquires a good title to the goods, provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller’s defect of title.
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