Section 48 - Application for performance on certain day to be at proper time and place : Indian Contract Act 1872

What is the meaning of Application for performance on certain day to be at proper time and place? Section 48 of Indian Contract Act 1872


 

Section 48 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Application for performance on certain day to be at proper time and place"

48. When a promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promiser has not undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, it is the duty of the promisee to apply for performance at a proper place and within the usual hours of business.

Explanation.-The question "What is a proper time and place" is, in each particular case, a question of fact.