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(1) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, in every hire-purchase or conditional sale agreement there shall be implied-

(a) a term that the hirer or buyer shall have and enjoy quiet possession of the goods;

(b) a term that the goods shall be free from any charge or encumbrance in favour of any third party at the time when the property is to pass;

(c) a term that the owner or seller will have a right to sell the goods at the time when the property is to pass.

(2) Where the hirer or buyer, whether expressly or by necessary implication-

(a) has made known to the owner or seller, or to a servant or agent of the owner or seller, the particular purpose for which the goods are required; or

(b) in the course of any antecedent negotiations has made that purpose known to any person by whom those negotiations were conducted, or to a servant or agent of such a person, there shall, subject to the provisions of section 14, be implied a term that the goods will be reasonably fit for that purpose.

(3) A breach of a term specified in this section by the owner or seller shall give the hirer or buyer a right to damages in respect of such breach, or to such other remedy as the court may think appropriate.