26. Agreement in restraint of marriage, void. Every agreement in restraint of the marriage of any person, other than a minor, is void. Read Contract Act in a systematic way. Read Contract Act each section wise. Download beautiful, mobile friendly Contract Act PDF.Read…
27. Agreement in restraint of trade, void. Every agreement by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade or business of any kind, is to that extent void. Exception 1- Saving of agreement not to carry on business of which goodwill is sold- One who sells the goodwillRead…
28. Agreements in restrain of legal proceedings, void. Every agreement- (a) by which any party thereto is restricted absolutely from enforcing his rights under or in respect of any contract, by the usual legal proceedings in the ordinary tribunals, or which limits the time within which he may thus enforceRead…
29. Agreements void for uncertainty. Agreements, the meaning of which is not certain, or capable of being made certain, are void. Illustrations– (a) A agrees to sell B “a hundred tons of oil”. There is nothing whatever to show what kind of oil was intended. The agreement is void forRead…
30. Agreements by way of wager, void. Agreements by way of wager are void; and no suit shall be brought for recovering anything alleged to be won on any wager, or entrusted to any person to abide the result of any game or other uncertain event on which may wagerRead…
32. Enforcement of Contracts contingent on an event happening. Contingent contracts to do or not to do anything in an uncertain future event happens, cannot be enforced by law unless and until that event has happened. If the event becomes impossible, such contracts become void. Illustrations- (a) A makes aRead…
33. Enforcement of contract contingent on an event not happening. Contingent contracts to do or not to do anything if an uncertain future event does not happen, can be enforced when the happening of that event becomes impossible, and not before. Illustration- A agrees to pay B a sum ofRead…
34. When event on which contract is contingent to be deemed impossible, if it is the future conduct of a living person. If the future event on which a contract is contingent is the way in which a person will act at an unspecified time, the event shall be consideredRead…
35. When contracts become void, which are contingent on happening of specified event within fixed time. Contingent contracts to do or not to do anything, if a specified uncertain event happens within a fixed time, become void, if, at the expiration of the time fixed, such event has not happened,Read…
36. Agreements contingent on impossible event void. Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens, are void, whether the impossibility of the event is known or not to the parties to agreement at the time when it is made. Illustrations- (a) A agrees toRead…
37. Obligations of parties to contract. The parties to a contract must either perform, or offer to perform, their respective promises, unless such performance in dispensed with or excused under the provision of this Act, or of any other law. Promises bind the representative of the promisor in case ofRead…
38. Effect of refusal to accept offer of performance. Where a promisor has made an offer of performance to the promisee, and the offer has not been accepted, the promisor is not responsible for non-performance, nor does he thereby lose his rights under the contract. Every such offer must fulfilRead…
39. Effect of refusal of party to perform promise wholly. When a party to a contract has refused to perform, or disabled himself from performing, his promise in its entirety, the promisee may put an end to the contract, unless he has signified, by words or conduct, his acquiescence inRead…
40. Person by whom promises is to be performed. If it appears from the nature of the case that it was the intention of the parties to any contract that any promise contain in it should be performed by the promisor himself, such promise must be performed by the promisor.Read…
41. Effect of accepting performance from this person. When a promisee accepts performance of the promise from a third person, he cannot afterwards enforce it against the promisor. Read Contract Act in a systematic way. Read Contract Act each section wise. Download beautiful, mobile friendly Contract Act PDF.Read…
42. Devolution of joint liabilities. When two or more person have made a joint promise, then, unless a contrary intention appears by the contract, all such persons, during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, his representative jointly with the survivor or survivors, and, after theRead…
