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1The Contract Act, 1872

( ACT NO. IX OF 1872 )

[ 25th April, 1872 ]

Chapter III

OF CONTINGENT CONTRACTS

Agreement contingent on impossible events void
36. Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens, are void, whether the impossibility of the event is known or not to the parties to the agreement at the time when it is made.
 
 
Illustrations
 
 
 
 
(a) A agrees to pay B 1,000 Taka if two straight lines should enclose a space. The agreement is void.
 
 
 
 
(b) A agrees to pay B 1,000 Taka if B will marry A's daughter C. C was dead at the time of the agreement. The agreement is void.
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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Bangladesh", "Taka" and "Penal Code" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan" or "East Pakistan", "Rupees" or "Rs." and "Pakistan Penal Code" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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