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Sale of Goods Act 1923
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#### 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:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> **s 7:** Am 1970 No 60, Sch 1.