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3. When is a sale or purchase of goods said to take place in the course of inter-

State trade or commerce
A Sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place in the course of inter-state trade of commerce if the sale or purchase-
(a) occasions the movement of goods from one State to another or
(b) is effected by a transfer of documents of title to the goods during their movement from one State to another.
Explanation 1 : Where goods are delivered to a carrier or other bailee for transmission, the movement of the goods shall, for the purposes of clause
(b), be deemed to commence at the time of such delivery and terminate at the time when delivery is taken from such carrier or bailee.
Explanation 2: Where the movement of goods commences and terminates in the same State it shall not be deemed to be a movement of
goods from one State to another by reason merely of the fact that in the course of such movement the goods pass through the territory of any
other State.