Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Contract Act, 1872

Chapter IV · Of the Performance of Contracts

48Application for performance on certain day to be at proper time and place.

Section 48 · Chapter IV · Time and place for performance · page 23 of the Act

When a promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promisor has not undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, it is the duty of the promisee to apply for performance at a proper place and within the usual hours of business.

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

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