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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 47

Time and Place for Performance of Promise, Where Time is Specified and No Application to Be Made

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 47 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Time and Place for Performance of Promise, Where Time is Specified and No Application to Be Made. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promisor has undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, the promisor may perform it at any time during the usual hours of business on such day and at the place at which the promise ought to be performed.

Illustration

A promises to deliver goods at B's warehouse on the first January. On that day A brings the goods to B's warehouse, but after the usual hour for closing it, and they are not received. A has not performed his promise.

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What does Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 47 provide?

Section Section 47 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Time and Place for Performance of Promise, Where Time is Specified and No Application to Be Made) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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