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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 42

DEVOLUTION OF JOINT LIABILITIES When two or more persons have made a joint promise then, unless a contrary intention

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 42 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - DEVOLUTION OF JOINT LIABILITIES When two or more persons have made a joint promise then, unless a contrary intention. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 42: DEVOLUTION OF JOINT LIABILITIES 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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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 42 provide?

Section Section 42 of the Contract Act, 1872 (DEVOLUTION OF JOINT LIABILITIES When two or more persons have made a joint promise then, unless a contrary intention) is reproduced on this page as part of the 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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