Question Tag: Delivery Timelines

Section 16 of the Sale of Goods Act, Act 137, provides for the timelines within which the seller must be ready to deliver the goods in exchange for a price:

• If no time is fixed for the delivery of the goods, they must be delivered at a reasonable time.
• The parties to a contract of sale may, whether with or without consideration, agree that delivery should be made at a date or time other than that stipulated for in the contract.
• Where the buyer agrees to accept delivery from the seller at a date later than stipulated in the contract without substituting another date.
• Where the seller contracts to use his best endeavour to deliver the goods on, or not later than a given date, the seller must deliver the goods within a reasonable time after the date.
  (Four points @ 1.25 marks each = 5 marks)