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Facts: Due to a rampant robbery in which the robbers used ski mask to cover their faces, the Cyberjaya Authority issued a regulation that makes it illegal to sell ski masks. as a safety measure, the rule also makes it illegal for anyone to offer for sale the ski masks. In spite of this , Messy has not cleared the the ski masks from the shelves of his sport equipment shop in Cyberia. The authority officials came to know about this and later on charged Messy under the new regulation

Held: Messy was not suppose to be charged in this case. according to "Contracts Act 1950" & the case Fisher v. Bell. Messy was only doing invitation to treat but not an offer. for example. if the Author came to Messy's shop and asked to buy the ski mask. then this is an offer from the Author to buy the mask, but we still don't have an acceptance, which means there are no contract yet to be charged of. but if Messy were to accept the Author's offer to buy the mask. then in this case Messy should be charged under the new regulation.