Section 42 of Indian Contract Act, 1872: Devolution of joint liabilities

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter-IV Of the Performance of Contracts By whom contracts must be performed Section […]

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The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Chapter-IV Of the Performance of Contracts

By whom contracts must be performed

Section 42: Devolution of joint liabilities.

42. When two or more persons 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 the death of the last survivor, the representatives of all jointly, must fulfil the promise.


 



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