When a person at whose option a contract is voidable rescinds it, the other party thereto need not perform any promise therein contained in which he is promisor. The party rescinding avoidable contract shall, if he have received any benefit thereunder from another party to such contract, restore such benefit, so far as may be, to the person from whom it was received.
Section 64: Consequences of rescission of voidable contract.
The Indian Contract Act, 1872Central Act · Act 9 of 1872
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Indian Contract Act, 1872 |
|---|---|
| Section | 64 |
| Marginal note | Consequences of rescission of voidable contract. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Judgments citing it | 2 |
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
- other. . See s. 75, infra.
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