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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 6

REVOCATION HOW MADE. A proposal is revoked

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 6 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - REVOCATION HOW MADE. A proposal is revoked. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) by the communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party;

(2) by the lapse of the time prescribed in such proposal for its acceptance, or, if no time is so prescribed, by the lapse of a reasonable time, without communication of the acceptance;

(3) by the failure of the acceptor to fulfil a condition precedent to acceptance; or (4) by the death or insanity of the proposer, if the fact of the death or insanity comes to the knowledge of the acceptor before acceptance.

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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 6 provide?

Section Section 6 of the Contract Act, 1872 (REVOCATION HOW MADE. A proposal is revoked) is reproduced on this page as part of the 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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