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Bare Acts
Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section 1-24
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Section 7
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Section 18
Section 18
Section 19
Section 19-A
Section 19
Section 19-A
Section 20
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Section 21
Section 21
Section 22
Section 22
Section 23
Section 23
Section 24
Section 24
Section 21- Effect of mistakes as to law

A contract is not voidable because it was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in India; but a mistake as to a law not in force in [India] has the same effect as a mistake of fact.

Illustration

A and B make a contract grounded on the erroneous belief that a particular debt is barred by the Indian Law of Limitation: the contract is not voidable.

     
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