Reciprocal promise to do certain things that are legal, and also some other things that are illegal- Section 57-
Where persons reciprocally promise, first to do certain things which are legal and secondly, under specified circumstances, to do certain other things which are illegal, the first set of promises is a valid contract, but the second is a void agreement.
Example: A and B agree that A will sell a house to B for ` 500,000 and also that if B uses it as a gambling house, he will pay a further sum of ` 750,000. The first set of reciprocal promises, i.e. to sell the house and to pay ` 500,000 for it, constitutes a valid contract. But the object of the second, being unlawful, is void.
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