UAE Commercial Transactions Law

Article 108 — Article (108)

Book Two: Commercial Obligations and Contracts · Part Two: Commercial Sale · Chapter One: General Provisions: Article (93)

1. The buyer shall, in the cases mentioned in Article (107) above, notify the seller that there is a difference or a defect, within (15) fifteen days of the date on which the item sold is effectively delivered to him, and he shall file the action for rescission or reduction of the price within (60) sixty days of such delivery date. However, if the defect is hidden and cannot be detected by a routine examination, the buyer shall then notify the seller immediately when he detects it, an institute an action for warranty of the defect within (6) six months of the date of actual delivery, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. 2. Where the buyer fails to notify the seller of the difference or defect or if he fails to institute the action for rescission price reduction or defect warranty within the time limits referred to in Clause (1) above, as the case may be, his action shall not be heard in case of denial or lack of lawful excuse, unless the buyer proves cheating on the seller's part, in which case, the action shall not be heard if instituted after the lapse of one year of the delivery date. 3. The action instituted by the seller to complement the price due to increase in quantity or in the item standard shall not be heard after the lapse of (60) sixty days of the date of actual delivery of the sold item. 4. It may be agreed to relieve the buyer from the time limits prescribed in this Article or to adjust the same.

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