The general rule for the discharge of a contract through frustration is as follows.
A)A party will be able to use self-induced frustration successfully.
B)The frustrating event must defeat the common intention of both parties.
C)Failure to perform is often excused by a wide variety of circumstances where the offending party is not at fault.
D)The Frustration Contracts Act is applicable in cases where the Sale of Goods Act applies.
E)It is only effective if performance becomes impossible or purposeless before the agreement was made.

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Frustration can only arise where a supervening event occurs, without the fault of either party, after the contract was formed, which renders the contract legally and physically impossible to perform or transforms the obligation into a fundamentally different obligation from what the parties had originally contemplated. The frustrating event must defeat the common intention of both parties. Self-induced frustration, where one party deliberately causes the frustrating event, will not be successful. The Sale of Goods Act and the Frustration Contracts Act are not applicable in cases of frustration.

The General Rule for the Discharge of a Contract Through