CAF-4 · Chapter 9 · Question 1 of 12
If the performance of an act becomes impossible after the contract is made, by reason of some event which the promisor could not prevent, the contract becomes:
Test yourself: pick an answer
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B) Void.
Explanation
Section 56 states that a contract to do an act which, after the contract is made, becomes impossible, or, by reason of some event which the promisor could not prevent, unlawful, becomes void when the act becomes impossible or unlawful.
More Discharge of a contract MCQs
- Q3The substitution of a new contract in place of an existing one is legally known as:
- Q4Every promisee may dispense with or 'remit', wholly or in part, the performance of the promise made to him. This is known as:
- Q5When a person at whose option a contract is voidable 'rescinds' it, the other party:
- Q6Which of the following describes 'discharge by operation of law'?
- Q7A contract is discharged by 'breach' when a party: