Developments of the Indian contact act,1872

Himanshi Agarwal

Well-known member
The Act as enacted originally had 266 Sections, it had wide scope and



  • General Principles of Law of Contract – Sections 01 to 75
  • Contract relating to Sale of Goods – Sections 76 to 123
  • Special Contracts- Indemnity, Guarantee, Bailment & Pledge and Agency – Sections 124 to 238
  • Contracts relating to Partnership – Sections 239 to 266
At present the Indian Contract Act may be divided into two parts:

  • Part 1: deals with the General Principles of Law of Contract Sections 1 to 75
  • Part 2: deals with Special kinds of Contracts such as
  1. Contract of Indemnity and Guarantee
  2. Contract of Bailment and Pledge
  3. Contract of Agency.
 
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