This document discusses the definition and types of bailment under Pakistani law. It defines bailment as the delivery of goods by one person to another for a specific purpose, to be returned or disposed of according to the bailor's instructions. There are three types of bailment: for the exclusive benefit of the bailor, for the exclusive benefit of the bailee, and for mutual benefit. The duties of the bailee include taking reasonable care of the goods, not making unauthorized use of them, and returning them, while the duties of the bailor include disclosing faults in the goods and paying necessary expenses.

1. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Bailment
 Definition
 Characteristics
 Types
 Duties of Bailee
 Duties of Bailor

2. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Definition of Bailment
 In accordance with section 148 it is the
delivery of goods by one person to another
for some purpose, upon a contract that they
shall, when the purpose is so accomplished,
be returned or otherwise disposed of
according to the directions of the person
delivering them.
 Bailor delivers the good and bailee receives
the good
 Transaction is called bailment

3. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Characteristics of Bailment
 Goods must be moveable property
 Delivery can be “Constructive” or
“Actual”
 Goods deliver for some purpose
 Goods deliver with the Condition either
to return back or disposed of

4. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Kinds of Bailment
 Bailment for exclusive benefit of the
bailor (surety; security)
 Bailment for exclusive benefit of the
bailee
 Bailment for mutual benefit

5. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Difference between Bailment
and Sales
 In sales ownership is transferred.
 In Bailment ownership is not
transferred rather possession for a
specific period of time.

6. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Duties of Bailee
 Duty to take reasonable care of goods deliver to
person (that is care that a man of ordinary prudence
would take of his own goods)
 Bailee is not the insurer of the goods had the
mistake is not cause because of negligence on his
part
 Duty not to make unauthorized use of the goods
else he is liable to make compensation
 Duty not to mix goods bailed with his own goods
 Duty to return goods
 Duty to deliver any accretion to the goods

7. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Duties of Bailor
 Must disclose fault in goods of bailed
 Must pay necessary expenses
 Must receive back the goods
 Shall indemnify the Bail

8. Adv. Uzair A.K. Ghouri
Termination of Bailment
 If the Bailment is for specified period at
the end of that period
 If the Bailment for specific purpose at
accomplishment of that purpose
termination will occur
 Any act in violation of the contract