Malaysia legislation

Section 12

of CONTRACTS ACT 1950

Section 12

What is a sound mind for the purposes of contracting

(2)

A person who is usually of unsound mind, but occasionally of sound mind, may make a contract when he is of sound mind.

(3)

A person who is usually of sound mind, but occasionally of unsound mind, may not make a contract when he is of unsound mind.

(a)

A patient in a mental hospital, who is at intervals of sound mind, may contract during those intervals.

(b)

A sane man, who is delirious from fever, or who is so drunk that he cannot understand the terms of a contract, or form a rational judgment as to its effect on his interests, cannot contract whilst such delirium or drunkenness lasts.

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