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Section 517
Voidable Contract

(1) A contract that is not valid according to law shall be considered as a void contract.
(2) The following contracts shall be void:-
(a) An agreement restraining any person from carrying on a profession, trade or business not prohibited by law, but shall not be deemed to be an agreement restraining any profession, trade or business in the following cases:-
(1) In the case of an agreement to buy and sell the reputation of a business, the agreement concluded between the buyer and the seller of the trade or business of such reputation in the period and place mentioned in the contract, such a seller cannot carry out the same type of trade or business,
(2) An agreement between the partners not to engage in the same or any other profession, trade or business with other persons competing in the same nature of profession, trade or business, except for the profession, trade or business of the partnership firm, as long as they remain partners, (3) An agreement between the partners not to carry on the profession, trade or business according to the partnership firm for a certain period of time or in a certain place after the dissolution of the partnership,
(4) According to the contract entered into by a person with any person, firm, company or body, while in the service of such person, firm, company or body or after retiring from service for a certain period, other person, firm, company or body competing with such person, firm, company or body A contract not to accept service.
(b) Contracts barring marriages other than those prohibited by law,
(c) A covenant prohibiting anyone from enjoying a facility enjoyed by the general public,
(d) a contract barring the enforcement of a legal right by a court,
(e) an agreement which is contrary to law or prohibited by prevailing law,
(f) an agreement made for an immoral purpose or contrary to public order or interest,
(g) A contract which cannot be performed because the subject matter of the contract is not clearly known or known to the contracting parties,
(h) A contract or a fictitious contract which is impossible to perform at the time of making the contract,
(i)A contract which is vague and cannot give reasonable meaning to the content of the contract,
(j) A contract made by a person unfit to contract,
(k) Contracts having an unlawful purpose,
(l) An agreement made by the mistake of both the parties to the agreement while making the agreement regarding the essential facts of the agreement.
(3) The rescinded contract shall be void from the beginning and shall not create any legal consequences and rights and obligations of the parties.
(4) Even if any part of the contract is void, the remaining part will be executed according to the law.