Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
I · Section 6

Revocation how made.

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

A proposal is revoked—

(1) by the communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party;

(2) by the lapse of the time prescribed in such proposal for its acceptance, or, if no time is so

prescribed, by the lapse of a reasonable time, without communication of the acceptance;

(3) by the failure of the acceptor to fulfil a condition precedent to acceptance; or

(4) by the death or insanity of the proposer, if the fact of his death or insanity comes to the

knowledge of the acceptor before acceptance.

Judgments on Section 6