Indian Contract Act,1872

Act No : 9

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Section : Reciprocal promise to do things legal, and also other things illegal

57.Reciprocal promise to do things legal, and also other things illegal.-Where persons reciprocally promise, firstly, to do certainthings which are legal, and, secondly, under specified circumstancesto do certain other things which are illegal, the first set ofpromises is a contract, but the second is a void agreement.--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cf. ss. 62 and 63, infra. 2 See s. 65, infra. See also the Specific Relief Act, 1877 (I of1877), s. 13.---------------------------------------------------------------------41 Illustration A and B agree that A shall sell B a house for 10,000 rupees, butthat, if B uses it as a gambling house, he shall pay A 50,000 rupeesfor it. The first set of reciprocal promises, namely, to sell the houseand to pay 10,000 rupees for it, is a contract. The second set is for an unlawful object, namely, that B may usethe house as a gambling house, and is a void agreement.

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