CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Essential Elements of a Contract, Offer and Acceptance
Under the Act, performance of the conditions of a proposal, or acceptance of consideration for a reciprocal promise offered with the proposal, amounts to:
Performing the conditions of a proposal, or accepting consideration for a reciprocal promise offered with it, is treated as acceptance of the proposal. The offeree is doing what the proposer required, so no separate words of acceptance are needed.
- AAcceptance of the proposalCorrect
- BRevocation of the proposal
- CA counter-proposal
- DOnly an invitation to treat
Explanation
Section 8 provides that performing the conditions of a proposal, or accepting consideration for a reciprocal promise offered with it, is an acceptance. It is neither a revocation nor a counter-proposal, because the offeree is carrying out what the proposer asked.
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