VidhiSangh

Indian Contract Act, 1872

Section 21: Effect of mistakes as to law

Chapter II — Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements

21. A contract is not voidable because it was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in 1 [India]; but a mistake as to a law not in force in 1 [India] has the same effect as a mistake of fact.

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