section 24
Agreement void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part.
The Indian Contract Act, 1872Civil1872268 sections11 chapters
Void agreements
Statutory text
If any part of a single consideration for one or more objects, or any one or any part of any one of several considerations for a single object, is unlawful, the agreement is void. Illustration A promises to superintend, on behalf of B, a legal manufacture of indigo, and an illegal traffic in other articles. B promises to pay to A a salary of 10,000 rupees a year. The agreement is void, the object of As promise, and the consideration for Bs promise, being in part unlawful.
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