58. Alternative promise, one branch being illegal. In the case of an alternative promise, one branch of which is legal and other 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 toKEEP READING
59. Application of payment where debt to be discharged is indicated. Where a debtor, owing several distinct debts to one person, makes a payment to him, either with express intimation, or under circumstances implying, that the payment is to be applied to the discharge of some particular debt, the paymentKEEP READING
60. Application of payment where debt to be discharged is not indicated. Where the debtor has omitted to intimate, and there are no other circumstances indicating to which debt the payment is to be applied, the creditor may apply it at his discretion to any lawful debt actually due andKEEP READING
61. Application of payment where neither party appropriates. Where neither party makes any appropriation, the payment shall be applied in discharge of the debts in order of time, whether they are or are not barred by the law in force for the time being as to the limitation of suits.KEEP READING
62. Effect of novation, rescission, and alteration of contract. If the parties to a contract agree to substitute a new contract for it, or to rescind or alter it, the original contract need not be performed. Illustrations- (a) A owes money to B under a contract. It is agreed betweenKEEP READING
63. Promise may dispense with or remit performance of promise. Every promise may dispense with or remit, wholly or in part, the performance of the promise made to him, or may extend the time for such performance, or may accept instead of it any satisfaction which he thinks fit. Illustrations-KEEP READING
64. Consequence of rescission of voidable contract. When a person at whose option a contract is voidable rescinds it, the other party thereto need to perform any promise therein contained in which he is the promisor. The party rescinding a voidable contract shall, if he have received any benefit thereunderKEEP READING
65. Obligation of person who has received advantage under void agreement, or contract that becomes void. When an agreement is discovered to be void, or when a contract becomes void, any person who has received any advantage under such agreement or contract is bound to restore, it, or to makeKEEP READING
66. Mode of communicating or revoking rescission of voidable contract. The rescission of a voidable contract may be communicated or revoked in the same manner, and subject to some rules, as apply to the communication or revocation of the proposal. Read Contract Act in a systematic way. Read Contract ActKEEP READING
67. Effect of neglect or promise to afford promisor reasonable facilities for performance. If any promisee neglects or refuses to afford the promisee reasonable facilities for the performance of his promise, the promisor is excused by such neglect or refusal as to non-performance caused thereby. Illustration- A contracts with BKEEP READING
68. Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account. If a person, incapable of entering into a contract, or anyone whom he is legally bound to support, is supplied by another person with necessaries suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnishedKEEP READING
69. Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested. A person who is interested in the payment of money which another is bound by law to pay, and who therefore pays it, is entitled to be reimbursed by the other. Illustration- B holds landKEEP READING
70. Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act. Where a person lawfully does anything for another person, or delivers anything to him, not intending to do so gratuitously, and such another person enjoys the benefit thereof, the letter is bound to make compensation to the former in respect of,KEEP READING
71. Responsibility of finder of goods. A person who finds goods belonging to another, and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee. Read Contract Act in a systematic way. Read Contract Act each section wise. Download beautiful, mobile friendly Contract Act PDF.KEEP READING
72. Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered, by mistake or under coercion, must repay or return it. Illustrations- (a) A and B jointly owe 100 rupees to C, AKEEP READING
73. Compensation of loss or damage caused by breach of contract. When a contract has been broken, the party who suffers by such breach is entitled to receive, form the party who has broken the contract, compensation for any loss or damage caused to him thereby, which naturally arose inKEEP READING
