ACCEPTANCE

Rules relating to acceptance

1. ACCEPTANCE MUST BE
COMMUNICATED TO THE
PERSON WHO HAS MADE
THE OFFER.
2.ACCEPTANCE MUST BE
COMMUNICATED BY THE
PERSON TO WHOM AN
OFFER HAS BEEN MADE.
3.ACCEPTANCE
MUST BE
COMMUNICATED
IN THE
PRESCRIBED
MANNER ONLY,
ELSE IT IS NOT
BINDING ON THE
PROPOSER.
4. ACCEPTANCE MUST BE
ABSOLUTE AND UNQUALIFIED
5. Acceptance should be given
within the stipulated time
If no time has been stipulated,
then the acceptance must be
communicated within a
reasonable time
e.g. an offer made in June 2023
accepted in November 2023
6. The offer must be in force.
Acceptance cannot be given once
the offer has lapsed or has been
withdrawn before acceptance by
the offeree
7. AN OFFER ONCE REJECTED IS
DEAD AND CANNOT BE
ACCEPTED, UNLESS IT IS
REVIVED.
ACCEPTANCE THROUGH POST
Proposal 01/01/2024 → 03/01/2024

Rahul Parag

Acceptance 07/01/2024 ← 05/01/2024

GERMAN ENGLISH
LAW LAW
 Acceptance is to an offer what a
lighted matchstick to a train of
gunpowder
(Summary of English Law)
But the man who laid the train
may remove it before the
matchstick is applied
(Summary of Indian Law)
Some practical issues

 Contracts through email

a) If the addressee has designated a computer
resource for the purpose of receiving electronic
records,-
i) Receipt occurs at the time when electronic record
enters the designated computer resource; or
ii) If not sent to designated computer resource,
receipt occurs when the electronic record is
retrieved by the addressee
b) If the addressee has not designated a computer
resource along with specified timings, receipt occurs
when the electronic record enters the computer
resource of the addressee
Purchase order-Acceptance?

1) Is purchase order an offer or

acceptance?
Thanks