Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
IV · Section 49

Place for performance of promise, where no application to be made and no place fixed for performance.

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

When a promise is to be performed without application by the promisee, and no place is

fixed for the performance of it, it is the duty of the promisor to apply to the promisee to appoint a

reasonable place for the performance of the promise, and to perform it at such place.

Illustration

A undertakes to deliver a thousand maunds of jute to B on a fixed day. A must apply to B to appoint a reasonable place for

the purpose of receiving it, and must deliver it to him at such place.

Judgments on Section 49