Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section - 42 - Devolution of joint liabilities
Devolution of joint liabilities
42. When two or more persons have made a joint promise, then, unless a contrary intention appears by the contract, all such persons, during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, his representative jointly with the survivor or survivors, and after the death of the last survivor, the representatives of all jointly, must fulfil the promise.
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