Indian Contract Act, 1872

Section - 17 - "Fraud" defined

"Fraud" defined

17. "Fraud" means and includes any of the following acts committed by a party to a contract, or with his connivance, or by his agent, with intent to deceive another party thereto or his agent, or to induce him to enter into the contract:-

(1)- the suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;
(2)- the active concealment of a fact by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;
(3)- a promise made without any intention of performing it;
(4)- any other act fitted to deceive;
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