CSEET · Business Laws and Management · Introduction to Law
Consider the statements: (I) Custom, to be recognised as a source of law, must generally be ancient, reasonable and continuously followed. (II) Any practice followed by a few people for one year becomes binding law. Which is correct?
Only statement I is correct. A custom becomes a source of law when it is ancient, reasonable, certain and continuously observed. A practice followed by a few people for just one year lacks antiquity and general acceptance, so it cannot become binding law.
- AOnly I is correctCorrect
- BOnly II is correct
- CBoth I and II are correct
- DNeither I nor II is correct
Explanation
A custom gains legal force only when it is long-standing, certain, reasonable, continuous and not opposed to statute or public policy. A short-lived practice of a few people does not meet these tests, so statement II is wrong.
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