Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
IV · Section 47

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

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

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 promisor 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.

Judgments on Section 47