Section 511
Contract According To Offer Made Before The Public
(1) If a
person makes an offer publicly by means of an advertisement that
he or she will pay certain remuneration to any person for doing any
act specified in the advertisement, and if any person does such an
act, the advertiser shall pay remuneration specified in the
advertisement to such a person.
Provided that if a person does the act specified in the
advertisement without knowing such advertisement, such a person
shall not be entitled to the remuneration.
(2) If more than one person do the act specified in the offer
under sub-section (1), only the person who does the act first shall
be entitled to the remuneration.
Provided that if two or more persons do the act specified in
the offer at the same time, all of such persons shall be entitled to
the equal share of the remuneration, and if the remuneration is
incapable of being shared, the proceeds of the sale of the
remuneration shall be equally divided among them.
(3) If a specific period is prescribed for doing the act
according to the advertisement published pursuant to sub-section
(1), the offer made according to the advertisement shall be deemed
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to have been revoked immediately after the expiry of that period.
(4) An offer made pursuant to sub-section (1) may be
revoked through the same medium through which it was published.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4),
if anyone has already done the act specified in the advertisement
under sub-section (1) before the publication of the notice of
revocation of the offer, the remuneration specified in the
advertisement shall be provided.
Provided that the person who does the act specified in the
advertisement shall notify the advertiser of the completion of the
act as soon as possible.
(6) If any person begins to do the act specified in the
advertisement under sub-section (1) by giving its notice to the
advertiser, appropriate remuneration shall be paid to such a person
for the act done until the revocation of the advertisement.