VidhiSangh

Indian Contract Act, 1872

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

Chapter VIII — Of Indemnity and Guarantee

144. Where a person gives a guarantee upon a contract that the creditor shall not act upon it until another person has joined in it as co-surety, the guarantee is not valid if that other person does not join.

Source: official text of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.