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 the 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 does 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 an 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published pursuant to sub-section (1), the offer made according to the advertisement shall be deemed to have been revoked immediately after the expiry of that period.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 notice to the advertiser, appropriate remuneration shall be paid to such a person for the act done until the revocation of the advertisement.