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Section 47 Contract Act — Time and place for performance of promise, where time is specified and no application to be made

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 23

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47.Time and place for performance of promise, where time is specified and no application to be made.—When a promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promisor has undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, the promiso r 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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