Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Chapter IV: Of the Performance of Contracts · Contracts which need not be performed
Section 66: Mode of communicating or revoking rescission of voidable contract
In plain words
Cancellation of a voidable contract is communicated or revoked in the same way, and under the same rules, as a proposal.
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Official text
The rescission of a voidable contract may be communicated or revoked in the same manner, and subject to the same rules, as apply to the communication or revocation of a proposal1 .
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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