Hong Kong Ordinances

SALE OF GOODS ORDINANCE - SECT 51

Action for price

PART V

ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF THE CONTRACT

Remedies of seller

(1) Where, under a contract of sale, the property in the goods has passed to
the buyer, and the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to pay for the goods
according to the terms of the contract, the seller may maintain an action
against him for the price of the goods.

(2) Where, under a contract of sale, the price is payable on a day certain
irrespective of delivery, and the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to pay
such price, the seller may maintain an action for the price, although the
property in the goods has not passed, and the goods have not been appropriated
to the contract.