Chapter I — OF THE COMMUNICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND REVOCATION OF PROPOSALS

Section 6Revocation how made

Section 6: Revocation how made

6. Revocation how made

A proposal is revoked—

(1)

by the communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party;

(2)

by the lapse of the time prescribed in such proposal for its acceptance, or, if no time is so prescribed, by the lapse of a reasonable time, without communication of the acceptance;

(3)

by the failure of the acceptor to fulfil a condition precedent to acceptance; or

(4)

by the death or insanity of the proposer, if the fact of his death or insanity comes to the knowledge of the acceptor before acceptance.