Hong Kong Ordinances

SALE OF GOODS ORDINANCE - SECT 23

Sale by person not owner

Transfer of title

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, where goods are sold by a
person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under the
authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title
to the goods than the seller had, unless the owner of the goods is by his
conduct precluded from denying the seller's authority to sell.

(2) Provided, also, that nothing in this Ordinance shall affect-

   (a)  the provisions of the Factors Ordinance ( Cap 48), or any enactment
        enabling the apparent owner of goods to dispose of them as if he were
        the true owner thereof; or (Amended 8 of 1912 s.47)

   (b)  the validity of any contract of sale under any special common law or
        statutory power of sale or under the order of a court of competent
        jurisdiction.