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To make another person sign an agreement, a person threatens to unlawfully strike and injure them. If…

Threatening an unlawful act of voluntary hurt to induce another person to enter an agreement constitutes coercion under section 15 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Section…

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To make another person sign an agreement, a person threatens to unlawfully strike and injure them. If carried out as threatened, the act would be punishable under section 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, which concept describes the threat?

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Threatening an unlawful act of voluntary hurt to induce another person to enter an agreement constitutes coercion under section 15 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 directs that references to a repealed provision be read as references to its re-enactment unless a different intention appears. In this example, section 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 preserves the prohibition on voluntarily causing hurt in the ordinary case.

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Option A

Misrepresentation concerns misleading assertions or other specified conduct under section 18. The decisive fact here is the threat of unlawful hurt.

Option B

Fraud under section 17 involves conduct such as intentional deception or active concealment. The threat itself establishes coercion.

Option C

A threat of a prohibited act made with intent to induce an agreement satisfies the coercion limb of section 15.

Option D

Mistake concerns a party's erroneous understanding. The facts here establish a threat used to induce agreement.

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