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Contracts Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements
Contracts Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements
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A person is said to be of sound mind for the purpose of making a contract if, at the time when he makes it, he is capable of understanding it and of forming a rational judgement as to its effect upon his interests.
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A person who is usually of unsound mind, but occasionally of sound mind, may make a contract when he is of sound mind.
A person who is usually of sound mind, but occasionally of unsound mind, may not make a contract when he is of unsound mind.
Illustrations
A patient in a mental hospital, who is at intervals of sound mind, may contract during those intervals.
A sane man, who is delirious from fever, or who is so drunk that he cannot understand the terms of a contract, or form a rational judgement as to its effect on his interests, cannot contract whilst such delirium or drunkenness lasts.
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