Act Number: 9

Act Name: The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Year: 1872

Enactment Date: 1872-04-25

Long Title:

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 18: "Misrepresentation" defined.
    "Misrepresentation" means and includes—
    (1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;
    (2) any breach of duty which, without an intent to deceive, gains an advantage to the person committing it, or any one claiming under him; by misleading another to his prejudice, or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him;
    (3) causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreement.
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