Section 10 : Contract according to proposal presented before the public

1) In case any person, by means of an advertisement, advances a proposal in public to the effect that he/she will pay a specific prize or any person for performing any work specified in the advertisement, and incase any person performs the work as mentioned in the advertisement, the advertiser shall pay the specific remuneration to that person.

2) In case the work mentioned in sub-section (2) is performed by one or more persons, only the person who has performed the work first shall be paid a prize.

Provided that, in case two or more persons have performed the work mentioned in the proposal at the same time, all of them may share the prize among themselves. In case the prize can not be shared, the proceeds of the sale of the same shall be equally distributed among them.

3) In case a specific period has been prescribed for performing the work as per the advertisement published under sub-section (1), the proposal mentioned in the advertisement shall be deemed to have been cancelled immediately after the expiry of that period.

4) A proposal advanced under sub-section (2) may be cancelled through the medium through which it was published.

5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), in case anyone has, performed the work mentioned in the advertisement published under sub – section (1) before the publication of a notice of cancellation of the proposal, he/she shall be paid the prize mentioned in the advertisement.

Provided that, the person who has performed the work as mentioned in the advertisement must have notified the advertiser about the completion of the work by the quickest possible means.

6) In case any person has begun the work according to the advertisement published under sub-section (1) and furnished a notice thereof to the advertise, he/she shall be paid an appropriate remuneration for the work, performed by him/her before the cancellation of the advertisement.