Lawgist10What agreements are contracts
All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void.
Nothing herein contained shall affect any law in force in 1 India and not hereby expressly repealed by which any contract is required to be made in writing2 or in the presence of witnesses, or any law relating to the registration of documents.
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1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "Part A States and Part C States" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the Provinces.
2. See e.g., s. 25, infra; the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 19; the Carriers Act, 1865 (3 of 1865), ss. 6 and 7; the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), ss. 12, 30, 46 and 109.
- 10 What agreements are contracts
- 11 Who are competent to contract
- 12 What is a sound mind for the purposes of contracting
- 13 "Consent" defined
- 14 "Free consent" defined
- 15 "Coercion" defined
- 16 "Undue influence" defined
- 17 "Fraud" defined
- 18 "Misrepresentation" defined
- 19 Voidability of agreements without free consent
- 19A Power to set aside contract induced by undue influence
- 20 Agreement void where both parties are under mistake as to matter of fact
- 21 Effect of mistakes as to law
- 22 Contract caused by mistake of one party as to matter of fact
- 23 What considerations and objects are lawful, and what not
