Indian Contract Act : Devolution of joint liabilities Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Contract Act,1872

Act No : 9

Section : Devolution of joint liabilities

42.Devolution of joint liabilities.-When two or more persons havemade a joint promise, then, unless a contrary intention appears by thecontract, all such persons, during their joint lives, and, after thedeath of any of them, his representative jointly with the survivor orsurvivors, and, after the death of the last survivor, therepresentatives of all jointly, must fulfil the promise.