LEGALI

TYOFOBJECT
Theobj
ectandconsi der
ati
onofacont
ractmustbel
awful
,i
nordert
omakeitval
i
d.Object
meansthepurposeordesign,
whil
econsider
ati
oni
mpli
esthepr
icef
orwhi
chthepart
yhas
agr
eedtothecontract.

Wheni
sConsi
der
ati
onandObj
ectunl
awf
ul?

Accor
dingt
osection23,
theconsi
der
ati
onandobj
ectofanagr
eementi
sunl
awf
uli
nthe
fol
l
owingcases:

1.I
fiti
sfor
biddenbyl
aw:
Anactorconsi
der
ati
oni
sfor
biddenbyl
awwhen-

- I
tispuni
shabl
ebycr
imi
nal
law

- I
tispr
ohi
bit
edbyspeci
all
egi
slat
ionorr
egul
ati
onbyacompet
entaut
hor
it
y

2.Ifi
tisofsuchanatur
ethat
,ifper
mit
ted,
itwoul
ddef
eatt
hepr
ovi
sionofanyl
aw
appli
cabl
einland.

3.I
ftheobj
ectorconsi
der
ati
oni
sfr
audul
enti
nnat
ure.

4.Ifi
tinv
olv
esorimpl
i
esi nj
uryt
othepersonorpr
oper
tyofanot
her:Lawcannotper
mit
anycontr
actwhi
chresult
sinani
njur
ytotheper
sonorproper
tyofanot
her.

5.I
fthecour
tregar
dsi
tasi
mmor
al:

Eg.I
nter
fer
enceinmar
it
alr
elat
ions;
tradi
ngwi
thal
i
enenemy
;int
erf
eri
ngwi
tht
he
cour
seofjust
iceet
c

6.Agreementsopposedtopubl
icpoli
cy:Agr
eementswhi
chhav
ebeendecl
aredbyt
he
courtasopposedtopubl
icpol
icyareasfol
lows:

i
. Agr
eement
sfort
radi
ngwi
thanal
i
enenemy

i
i
. Agr
eement
sint
erf
eri
ngwi
tht
headmi
nist
rat
ionofj
ust
ice

- Agr
eement
sforst
if
li
ngcr
imi
nal
prosecut
ion

- Mai
ntenanceandchamper
ty

i
i
i. Tr
aff
ici
npubl
i
cof
fi
ces.Eg.Gi
vi
ngconsi
der
ati
onf
oraj
ob

i
v. Agr
eement
screat
ingani
nter
estopposedt
odut
y.eggi
vi
ngconsi
der
ati
ont
o
of
fi
cerf
ornotr
eport
ingt
owork

v
. Agr
eement
srest
rai
ningper
sonal
freedom

v
i. Agr
eement
sint
erf
eri
ngwi
thpar
ent
alr
ight
sanddut
ies

v
ii
. Agr
eement
sofmar
ri
agebr
oker
age
Obj
ectorconsi
der
ati
onUnl
awf
uli
npar
ts:

1.Whenanagreementcontai
nsseveral
dist
inctpr
omisestodosomethi
ngslegal
and
someil
l
egal,
andthelegalpar
tcannotbeseparat
edfrom t
hei
ll
egal
part
,thewhole
agr
eementbecomesv oi
d.

2.Wherethereisrecipr
ocalpr
omisetodothi
ngswhicharepar
tlyl
egalandpar
tl
yil
l
egal
,
andtheil
legalpartcanbeseparat
edfr
om t
helegalpar
t,t
helegalpar
tfor
msthe
cont
ractandill
egal i
svoi
dagreement
.