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Contracts Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part III · Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements
25. Agreements void if considerations and objects unlawful in part
Feedback & supportIf any part of a single consideration for one or more objects, or any one or any part of any one of several considerations for a single object, is unlawful, the agreement is void.
A promises to superintend, on behalf of B, a legal manufacture of indigo, and an illegal traffic in other articles. B promises to pay to A a salary of RM10,000
a year. The agreement is void, the object of A’s promise and the consideration for B’s promise, being in part unlawful.
Agreement without consideration, void, unless—