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Section 127 - Consideration for guarantee : Indian Contract Act 1872

What is Consideration for guarantee? Section 127of Indian Contract Act 1872


 

Section 127 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Consideration for guarantee"

127. Anything done, or any promise made, for the benefit of the principal debtor, may be a sufficient consideration to the surety for giving the guarantee.

Illustrations
(a) B requests A to sell and deliver to him goods on credit. A agrees to do so, provided C will guarantee the payment of the price of the goods. C promises to guarantee the payment in consideration of A's promise to deliver the goods. This is a sufficient consideration for C's promise.

(b) A sells and delivers goods to B. C afterwards requests A to forbear to sue B for the debt for a year, and promises that if he does so, C will pay for them in default of payment by B. A agrees to forbear as requested. This is a sufficient consideration for C's promise.

(c) A sells and delivers goods to B. C afterwards, without consideration, agrees to pay for them in default of B. The agreement is void.

 

INDIAN CONTRACT ACT 1872

Section 126 - Contract of guarantee surety principal debtor and creditor

Section 127 - Consideration for guarantee

Section 128 - Suretys liability

Section 129 - Continuing guarantee

Section 130 - Revocation of continuing guarantee

Section 131 - Revocation of continuing guarantee by suretys death

Section 132 - Liability of two persons, primarily liable, not affected by arrangement between them that one shall be surety on other's default

Section 133 - Discharge of surety by variance in terms of contract

Section 134 - Discharge of surety by release or discharge of principal debtor

Section 135 - Discharge of surety when creditor compounds with, gives time to, or agrees not to sue, principal debtor

Section 136 - Surety not discharged when agreement made with third person to give time to principal debtor

Section 137 - Creditors forbearance to sue does not discharge surety

Section 138 - Release of one co-surety does not discharge others

Section 139 - Discharge of surety by creditor's act or omission impairing surety's eventual remedy

Section 140 - Rights of surety on payment of performance

Section 141 - Suretys right to benefit of creditors securities

Section 142 - Guarantee obtained by misrepresentation invalid

Section 143 - Guarantee obtained by concealment invalid

Section 144 - Guarantee on contract that creditor shall not act on it until co-surety joins

Section 145 - Implied promise to indemnify surety

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