LawgistThe Indian Contract Act
24Agreement void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part
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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Void agreements
- 24 Agreement void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part
- 25 Agreement without consideration, void, unless it is in writing and registered, or is a promise to compensate for something done, or is a promise to pay a debt barred by limitation law
- 26 Agreement in restraint of marriage, void
- 27 Agreement in restraint of trade, void
- 28 Agreements in restraint of legal proceeding void
- 29 Agreements void for uncertainty
- 30 Agreements by way of wager, void
