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A and B contract to marry each other. Before the agreed date, A becomes incapable of giving legally…

Section 56 and its marriage illustration treat the contract as void when performance becomes impossible.

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A and B contract to marry each other. Before the agreed date, A becomes incapable of giving legally effective consent and the marriage cannot lawfully take place. What happens to the contract under section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872?

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Section 56 and its marriage illustration treat the contract as void when performance becomes impossible.

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Option A

Section 56 makes the contract void on supervening impossibility or unlawfulness. It does not depend on a party electing to avoid it.

Option B

The facts show a later bar to performance and no stipulated condition governing the promise.

Option C

The parties have not promised performance on a collateral uncertain event under section 31.

Option D

Section 56 and its marriage illustration treat the contract as void when performance becomes impossible.

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