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Section 24: Agreement void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part.

The Indian Contract Act, 1872Central Act · Act 9 of 1872

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.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section24
Marginal noteAgreement void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it6

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