Multiple choice

Which of the following rights is not available to unpaid seller where the property has passed on to the buyer?

  1. A lien on goods for price while he is in possession of the goods

  2. In case of insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods in transit after he has parted with the possession of them

  3. A right of resale

  4. None of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Subject to the provisions of Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and of any law for the time being in force, notwithstanding that the property in the goods may have passed on to the buyer, the unpaid seller of goods, as such, has by implication of law — (a) a lien on the goods for the price while he is in possession of them; (b) in case of the insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods in transit after he has parted with the possession of them; (c) a right of resale as limited by this Act.

Thus, option (4) is the correct answer.

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