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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 70

Obligation of Person Enjoying Benefit of Non-gratuitous Act

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 70 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Obligation of Person Enjoying Benefit of Non-gratuitous Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where a person lawfully does anything for another person, or delivers anything to him, not intending to do so gratuitously, and such other person enjoys the benefit thereof, the latter is bound to make compensation to the former in respect of, or to restore, the thing so done or delivered.1

Illustrations

(a) A, a tradesman, leaves goods at B's house by mistake. B treats the goods as his own. He is bound to pay A for them.

(b) A saves B's property from fire. A is not entitled to compensation from B, if the circumstances show that he intended to act gratuitously.

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1 . As to suits by minors under section 70 in Presidency Small Clause Courts see the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 (15 of 1882), section 32.

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What does Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 70 provide?

Section Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Obligation of Person Enjoying Benefit of Non-gratuitous Act) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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