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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 45

DEVOLUTION OF JOINT RIGHTS When a person has made a promise to two or more persons jointly, then, unless a contrary

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 45 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - DEVOLUTION OF JOINT RIGHTS When a person has made a promise to two or more persons jointly, then, unless a contrary. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 45: DEVOLUTION OF JOINT RIGHTS When a person has made a promise to two or more persons jointly, then, unless a contrary intention appears from the contract, the right to claim performance rests, as between him and them, with them during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, with the representative of such deceased person jointly with the survivor or survivors, and, after the death of the last survivor, with the representatives of all jointly.

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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 45 provide?

Section Section 45 of the Contract Act, 1872 (DEVOLUTION OF JOINT RIGHTS When a person has made a promise to two or more persons jointly, then, unless a contrary) 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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