7Capacity to buy and sell

#### 7 Capacity to buy and sell 7 Capacity to buy and sell > Capacity to buy and sell is regulated by the general law concerning capacity to contract and to transfer and acquire property: > > Provided that where necessaries are sold and delivered to a person who, by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness, is incompetent to contract, the person must pay a reasonable price therefor. > > Necessaries in this section mean goods suitable to the condition in life of such person, and to the person’s actual requirements at the time of the sale and delivery. > > **s 7:** Am 1970 No 60, Sch 1.