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 138: Release of one co-surety does not discharge others.
    Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of them does not discharge the others; neither does it free the surety so released from his responsibility to the other sureties1 .
Notes:
1. See s. 44, supra.
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