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Unlawful Contract
Unlawful Contract
Void illegality
– To prevent competition.
• Section 29:
provides that every agreement, by which any
party to an agreement is restricted absolutely
from enforcing his rights under the contract,
or any agreement which limits the time to
enforce a party’s rights, is void.
• The Contracts Act 1950 provides three
exceptions to this general rule:
• Section 66:
lays down that when agreement is discovered
to be void or when a contract becomes void,
the person who received any advantage under
such agreement or contract is bound to
restore it to the other party or pay adequate
compensation for the same.
• Menaka was a registered moneylender. She
then by using her own name lent a money to
the respondent on the security of a charge of
certain land belonging to the respondent.
However, there was a provision under
Moneylender Ordinance which prohibit a
moneylender from entering into contract and
taking the security in her own name.
• The court held: