Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Contract Act, 1872

Chapter IV · Of the Performance of Contracts

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

Section 46 · Chapter IV · Time and place for performance · page 23 of the Act

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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