Contracts Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Communication, Acceptance and Revocation of Proposals
4. Communication, when completed
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The communication of a proposal is complete when it comes to the knowledge of the person to whom it is made.
The commission of an acceptance is complete —
as against the proposer, when it is put in a course of transmission to him, so as to be out of the power of the acceptor;
as against the acceptor, when it comes to the knowledge of the proposer.
Contracts
The communication of a revocation is complete —
as against the person who makes it, when it is put into a course of transmission to the person to whom it is made, so as to be out of the power of the person who makes it;
as against the person to whom it is made, when it comes to his knowledge.
Illustrations
A proposes, by letter, to sell a house to B at a certain price.
The communication of the proposal is complete when B receives the letter.
B accepts A’s proposal by a letter sent by post.
The communication of the acceptance is complete —
as against A, when the letter is posted;
as against B, when the letter is received by A.
A revokes his proposal by telegram.
The revocation is complete as against A when the telegram is despatched. It is complete as against B when B receives it.
B revokes his acceptance by telegram.
B’s revocation is complete as against B when the telegram is despatched, as against A when it reaches him.
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