Cap. 342 Art. 8Auctioneer’s responsibility in respect of description of goods to be sold by auction.

(1) An auctioneer shall be responsible for the correctness of the contents of any catalogue used for the purpose of an auction and for the correctness of any description of the goods to be sold by auction which he may give even verbally during an auction.

(2) Without prejudice to any civil or other liability of the auctioneer if within a period of one month from the last day of the auction an item sold at an auction is found to be not according to the description shown in the catalogue or otherwise given by the auctioneer, the auctioneer shall on a request by the buyer refund to the buyer the full amount paid for the article together with any fee or commission that may have been paid by the buyer. An action by a buyer who shall have made a request to an auctioneer within the time mentioned in this subarticle, to enforce the rights granted to him by this subarticle, must be brought not later than three months from the date of the said request, which term may not be interrupted or suspended.