ACCEPTANCE

ACCEPTANCE

Definition of Acceptance: In terms of Section 2(b) of the Act, ‘the term acceptance’ is defined as follows:
“When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, proposal is said to be accepted. The proposal, when accepted, becomes a promise”.

Analysis of the above definition
1. When the person to whom proposal is made - for example if A ouers to sell his car to B for ` 200000. Here, proposal is made to B.

2. The person to whom proposal is made i.e. B in the above example and if B signifies his assent on that proposal. In other words if B grants his consent on A’s proposal, then we can say that B has signified his consent on the proposal made by A.

3. When B has signified his consent on that proposal, we can say that the proposal has been accepted.

4. Accepted proposal becomes promise.