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Section 57: Reciprocal promise to do things legal, and also other things illegal.

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

Where persons reciprocally promise, firstly, to do certain things which are legal, and, secondly, under specified circumstances, to do certain other things which are illegal, the first set of promises is a contract, but the second is a void agreement.

Illustration

A and B agree that A shall sell B a house for 10,000 rupees, but that, if B uses it as a gambling house, he shall pay A 50,000 rupees for it.

The first set of reciprocal promises, namely, to sell the house and to pay 10,000 rupees for it, is a contract.

The second set is for an unlawful object, namely, that B may use the house as a gambling house, and is a void agreement.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section57
Marginal noteReciprocal promise to do things legal, and also other things illegal.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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