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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 138

Release of One Co- Surety Does Not Discharge Others

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 138 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Release of One Co- Surety Does Not Discharge Others. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of them does not discharge the others; neither does it free the surety so released from his responsibility to the other sureties.1

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1. See section 44, supra.

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