The Contract Act P01 — Proposal, Acceptance and Consideration

Vivek Gupta
2 min readFeb 21, 2021
contract

A Contract act is one of the principal acts governing all the contractual relations not only in the business world but also from day to day life.

Introduction — What is a contract?

The Act as enacted originally had 266 Sections, it had wide scope and

  • General Principles of Law of Contract — Sections 01 to 75
  • Contract relating to Sale of Goods — Sections 76 to 123
  • Special Contracts — Indemnity, Guarantee, Bailment & Pledge and Agency — Sections 124 to 238
  • Contracts relating to Partnership — Sections 239 to 266

At present the Indian Contract Act may be divided into two parts:

  • Part 1: General Principles of Law of Contract Sections 1 to 75
  • Part 2: Special kinds of Contracts such as:
    - Contract of Indemnity and Guarantee
    - Contract of Bailment and Pledge
    - Contract of Agency

Framing a Contract

There are certain basic terms and clauses that are very general and basic in nature. Such clauses form a part of every kind of contract.

Consideration

Contract has to be considerable to be valid:

Acceptance

Notice of the Printed terms of Contract

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