VidhiSangh

Indian Contract Act, 1872

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

Chapter IV — Of the Performance of Contracts

46. 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.

Source: official text of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.