Section 46 of Indian Contract Act, 1872: Time for performance of promise, when no application is to be made and no time is specified

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter-IV Of the Performance of Contracts Time and place for performance Section 46: […]

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The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Chapter-IV Of the Performance of Contracts

Time and place for performance

Section 46: Time for performance of promise, when no application is to be made and no time is specified.

46. Where, by the contract, a promisor is to perform his promise without application by the promisee, and no time for performance is specified, the engagement must be performed within a reasonable time.

Explanation.—The question “what is a reasonable time” is, in each particular case, a question of fact.


 



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