Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Chapter IV: Of the Performance of Contracts · Time and place for performance
Section 47: Time and place for performance of promise
In plain words
If a promise is to be performed on a certain day without being asked, the promisor can perform it at any time during usual business hours on that day, at the place where it ought to be performed.
Example: A promises to deliver goods to B's warehouse on a set day but arrives after closing time. A has not performed the promise.
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Official text
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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 47
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