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Contracts Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part V
59. Alternative promise, one branch being illegal
Feedback & supportIn the case of an alternative promise, one branch of which is legal and the other illegal, the legal branch alone can be enforced.
A and B agree that A shall pay B RM1,000 for which B shall afterwards deliver to A either rice or smuggled opium.
This is a valid contract to deliver rice, and a void agreement as to the opium.
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