{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1657","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1657","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS [1635. - 1663.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If no time is specified for the performance of an act required to be performed, a reasonable time is allowed. If the act is in its nature capable of being done instantly—as, for example, if it consists in the payment of money only—it must be performed immediately upon the thing to be done being exactly ascertained.</p>","text":"If no time is specified for the performance of an act required to be performed, a reasonable time is allowed. If the act is in its nature capable of being done instantly—as, for example, if it consists in the payment of money only—it must be performed immediately upon the thing to be done being exactly ascertained.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/interpretation-of-contracts-1657","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}