Indian Contract Act, 1872
24. Agreements void, if considerations
and objects unlawful in part
If 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.
Illustrations
A promises to superintend, on behalf of B, a legal manufacture
of indigo, and an illegal traffic in another articles B promises to pay to A
salary of 10,000 rupees a year. The agreement is void, the object of A's
promise, and the consideration for B's promise, being in part unlawful.