VidhiSangh

Indian Contract Act, 1872

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

Chapter IV — Of the Performance of Contracts

48. 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.

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