Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Implied terms where hire is by sample
(1)
This section applies where, under a contract for the hire of goods, the bailor bails or agrees to bail the goods by reference to a sample.
(2)
In such a case, there is an implied condition —
(a)
that the bulk will correspond with the sample in quality;
(b)
that the bailee will have a reasonable opportunity of comparing the bulk with the sample; and
(c)
that the goods will be free from any defect, making their quality unsatisfactory, which would not be apparent on reasonable examination of the sample.
(3)
[Deleted by Act 44/96]
(4)
For the purposes of this section, a bailor bails or agrees to bail goods by reference to a sample where there is an express or implied term to that effect in the contract concerned.