Delaware Code § 6-2A-405

Excused performance
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Subject to Section 2A-404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply;
(a) Delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in part by a lessor or a supplier who complies with paragraphs (b) and (c) is
not a default under the lease contract if performance as agreed has been made impracticable by the occurrence of a contingency the
nonoccurrence of which was a basic assumption on which the lease contract was made or by compliance in good faith with any
applicable foreign or domestic governmental regulation or order, whether or not the regulation or order later proves to be invalid.
(b) If the causes mentioned in paragraph (a) affect only part of the lessor's or the supplier's capacity to perform, he or she shall
allocate production and deliveries among his or her customers but at his or her option may include regular customers not then under
contract for sale or lease as well as his or her own requirements for further manufacture. He or she may so allocate in any manner
that is fair and reasonable.
(c) The lessor seasonably shall notify the lessee and in the case of a finance lease the supplier seasonably shall notify the lessor and
the lessee, if known, that there will be delay or nondelivery and, if allocation is required under paragraph (b), of the estimated quota
thus made available for the lessee.

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