Malaysia legislation

Section 59

of CONTRACTS ACT 1950

Section 59

Alternative promise, one branch being illegal

In 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.

Appropriation of Payments