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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 23

LIQUIDATION OF DAMAGES NOT A BAR TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

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Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 23 is part of Specific Relief Act, 1963 - LIQUIDATION OF DAMAGES NOT A BAR TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1)A contract, otherwise proper to be specifically enforced, may be so enforced, though a sum be named in it as the amount to be paid in case of its breach and the party in default is willing to pay the same, if the court, having regard to the terms of the contract and other attending circumstances, is satisfied that the sum was named only for the purpose of securing performance of the contract and not for the purpose of giving, to the party in default an option of paying money in lieu of specific performance. (2) When enforcing specific performance under this section, the court shall not also decree payment of the sum so named in the contract.

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What does Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 23 provide?

Section Section 23 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (LIQUIDATION OF DAMAGES NOT A BAR TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE) is reproduced on this page as part of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. 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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