58: Alternative promise, one branch being illegal
The Contract Act · Federal Acts · Chapter IV · in_force
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In the case of an alternative promise, one branch of which is legal and the other illegal, the legal branch alone can be enforced. Illustration A and B agree that A shall pay B 1,000 rupees for which B shall afterwards deliver to A either rice or smuggled opium. This is a valid contract to deliver rice, and a void agreement as to the opium. Appropriation of Payments
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