AGREEMENT

Section 2(e)

PROMISE
Section 2(b)
 Section 2(b)
When a person to whom the
proposal is made, signifies his
assent thereto, the
proposal is said to be accepted. A
proposal, when a accepted,
becomes a promise;
 Promise (Sec 2(b)

Proposal Accepted
Sec 2(a)
 Section 2(a)
When one person signifies to
another his willingness to do or to
abstain from doing anything, with
a view to obtaining the assent of
that other to such act or
abstinence, he is said to make a
proposal
 CONTRACT

Agreement

Promise

Accepted proposal
What Agreements are Contracts?

• AGREEMENT between the parties

• FREE CONSENT of the parties
• COMPETENT to Contract
• Lawful CONSIDERATION
• Lawful OBJECT
• Not expressly DECLARED TO BE
VOID
 Proposal/ Offer
Sec 2(a)

EXPRESS OFFER IMPLIED OFFER

An offer which is
An offer which is
expressed by
expressed by
words, written or
conduct
spoken
 SECTION 9
EXPRESS
AND
IMPLIED PROMISES
 Section 9
In so far as the proposal or
acceptance of any promise is made
in words, the promise is said to be
express. In so far as such proposal
or acceptance is made otherwise
than in words, the promise is said
to be implied.
 Section 2(c)
The person making the
proposal is called the
"promisor", and the person
accepting the proposal is
called "promisee"
 PROMISOR PROMISEE
Section 2(c) Section 2(c)

●
The person ●
The person
making the accepting the
proposal/ proposal/
offer offer
Every promise and every set
of promises, forming the
consideration for each other is:

A. Agreement
B. Contract
C. Offer
D. Acceptance
Correct Answer
(A)
Offer as defined under Section 2(a),
Indian Contract Act, 1872 is:

A. communication from one person to

another
B. suggestion by one person to another
C. willingness to do or abstain from
doing an act in order to obtain the
assent of other thereto
D. none of the above
Correct Answer
(C)