Hire Purchase Agreement
Hire Purchase Agreement
Hire Purchase Agreement
BETWEEN
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(OWNER)
AND
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(HIRER)
WHEREAS the owner is the owner of a white Toyota Corolla car with plate number, more
particularly described in the Schedule hereto and the hirer has approached the owner to let the
said vehicle on hire to him, to which the owner has agreed and has assured the hirer that he
shall have and enjoy quiet possession of the said vehicle.
AND WHEREAS the owner has further assured the hirer that he shall have the right to sell the
said vehicle at the time the property is to pass, and the said vehicle is free from any charge or
encumbrances in favour of any third party at the time when the property is to pass.
AND WHEREAS the hirer has inspected the said vehicle and is satisfied about the same and
considers it fit for the purposes for which he requires the same.
1. The owner will let, and the hirer will take on hire the vehicle more particularly described in
the Schedule hereto.
2. The owner has delivered the said vehicle to the hirer and has allowed the hirer to use the
said vehicle in the usual manner.
3. In consideration of the delivery of the said vehicle to the hirer for the sum of N5,000,000.00
(Five Million Naira only “Hire Purchase Price”), the hirer is to pay in advance, a sum of
N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only as first installment on hire (the receipt of
N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) whereof the owner hereby acknowledges; and
the sum of N300,000.00 to be paid on or before 30th September 2022) and thereafter will
punctually pay to the owner at his place or in any other manner agreed by parties the sum of
N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) only every week by way of rent for the hire of the said
vehicle, the first payment to be made on the 7 th day of October and each subsequent payment
on the last day of every succeeding week.
(i) Not sell, assign, pledge, mortgage, underlet, lend or part with the possession of the said
vehicle and not allow the said vehicle to be used by anybody else or kept or detained or run for
the use of any other person.
(ii) Not take the said vehicle out of the city of Lagos State unless he has obtained a permission in
writing from the owner in that behalf and if the owner grants permission subject to certain
terms and conditions, the hirer shall abide by all the terms and conditions imposed in respect of
such permission.
(iii) Pay all licence duties, fees, registration, and other charges taxes, payable in respect of the
said vehicle and keep the said vehicle in a good repair condition and working order and will
permit the owner and persons authorized by him to have access to the said vehicle for the
purpose of inspecting the condition thereof. In case the hirer fails or neglects to cause the said
vehicle to be repaired or kept in a proper state of repair, the owner shall be entitled but shall
not be bound to do so, to seize or cause the said vehicle to be seized and to get the same
repaired and to keep the said vehicle in his custody till the hirer pays the bills for repair of the
said vehicle.
(iv) Keep the said vehicle insured and kept insured so long as the hiring shall continue in the
joint names of the owner and the hirer against all risks and the hirer shall pay all the
premiums payable to the insurance company. On the hirer becoming the owner of the said
vehicle under the terms of this agreement, the owner will transfer to the hirer the benefit of
any insurance policy then current relating to the said vehicle.
(v) Make good to the owner all damages to the said vehicle (fair wear and tear excepted) and
pay the owner the full value of the said vehicle in the event of its total loss.
(vi) Indemnify the owner against claims by third parties arising by accident caused by the said
vehicle until the said vehicle is returned to the owner or purchased by the hirer in terms of this
agreement.
(vii) Not use or permit or suffer the said vehicle to be used in contravention of any law for the
time being in force.
4. If the hirer shall duly observe and performs all the conditions herein contained on his part to
be observed and performed and shall pay to the owner the sum specified in clause 3 hereof,
together with all other sums if any payable by him to the owner under the provisions of this
Agreement, then the hiring shall come to an end and the said vehicle shall become the property
of the hirer and the owner will assign and make over all his rights and interest in the same to
the hirer, but the hirer shall have the option of purchasing the said vehicle at any time during
the period of hiring by paying in one lump sum the balance of all the hire hereinbefore
mentioned and other expenses incurred by the owner. Until all such payments as aforesaid
have been made, the said vehicle shall remain the property of the owner.
5. The hirer may at any time terminate the hiring by returning the said vehicle at his own cost
and risk to the owner at his place of address for the time being.
6. If the hirer shall make default in payment of any weekly sum payable hereunder for any
week after the same have become due shall pay a 25% default fee on the amount due to be paid
for that week or fail to observe or perform any of the terms and conditions of this agreement,
the owner may without prejudice to his claim for arrears of hire or damages (if any) for breach
of this agreement forthwith terminate the hiring without notice and retake physical possession
of the said vehicle himself or through his agents or servants and the hirer shall not object to the
retaking of possession of the said vehicle by the owner or his agents or servants and/or by
written notice to the hirer determine this agreement and the hiring hereby constituted. On
such termination, the hirer shall immediately return the said vehicle to the owner at his place
of address for the time being and the hirer shall pay the owner a sum of N30,000.00 every
week and additional 25% default fee on the agreed weekly payment sum until the said vehicle
is returned to the owner.
7. No neglect, delay or indulgence on the part of the owner in enforcing any terms or
conditions of this agreement shall prejudice the rights of the owner hereunder.
8. In the event of the hiring being determined by the hirer or by the owner under clause 6
hereof, the hirer shall forthwith return the said vehicle to the owner at the hirer's expense. The
determination of the hiring as aforesaid shall not affect or prejudice any claim the owner may
have against the hirer for arrears of hire payments or for damages for breach of this agreement
or his right to enforce such claim by action or otherwise.
9. The agreement shall determine if the hirer commits any act of bankruptcy or makes any
arrangement with his creditors or on presentation of a petition in the court for adjudicating the
hirer as an insolvent or on the appointment of a receiver of the properties of the hirer or if an
application is made by any creditor or other person against the hirer for the attachment of the
said vehicle.
10. All disputes, differences and/or claims, arising out of this agreement shall be settled by
arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Nigerian Arbitration Act.
11. The parties hereby admit that this agreement has been fully explained to them and they
have understood the meaning of all the clauses of this agreement, and they have signed this
agreement with full understanding of the obligations herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereunto have set their hands and seals the day and year
first above written.
NAME: …………………………..…………………………………….
ADDRESS: ………………….……………………………………..
OCCUPATION: …………………………………………........
SIGNATURE: …………………………………………………….
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(Name of Hirer)
NAME: …………………………..…………………………………….
ADDRESS: ………………….……………………………………..
OCCUPATION: …………………………………………........
SIGNATURE: …………………………………………………….
SCHEDULE
Year of Make
Colour White