TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1872

Contract Act, 1872 Section 138

RELEASE OF ONE CO SURETY DOES NOT DISCHARGE OTHERS Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of

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SECTION 138: RELEASE OF ONE CO SURETY DOES NOT DISCHARGE OTHERS 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.