SOURCE: Sale of Goods Act 1979 (Singapore) (2020 Revised Edition), sections 6 and 7 — status "Current version as at 16 Sep 2026"
URL: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/SGA1979?ProvIds=pr6-,pr7-  (whole Act: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/SGA1979)
ACCESSED: 16 September 2026 (Singapore Statutes Online, opened in a browser on the user's Mac; provision text saved verbatim)

Sale of Goods Act 1979
Status: Current version as at 16 Sep 2026

Part 2 FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT
Subject matter of contract

Goods which have perished
6.  Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods, and the goods without the knowledge of the seller have perished at the time when the contract is made, the contract is void.

Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell
7.  Where there is an agreement to sell specific goods and subsequently the goods, without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer, perish before the risk passes to the buyer, the agreement is avoided.

[Table of contents of the Act as displayed also lists: Part 3 EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT — 16 Goods must be ascertained; 17 Property passes when intended to pass; 18 Rules for ascertaining intention; 19 Reservation of right of disposal; 20 Risk prima facie passes with property; 20A Undivided shares in goods forming part of bulk; 20B Deemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk goods. Part 4 — 32 Delivery to carrier; 33 Risk where goods are delivered at distant place. Part 7 — 56 Conflict of laws; 62 Savings: rules of law, etc.]

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