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Contracts Act · s 47

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s 47Time for performance of promise where no application is to be made and no time is specified

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.