Section 138. Release of one co-surety does not discharge other

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws Indian Contract Act, 1872 1872
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
9 1872-04-25 8
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Of indemnity and guarantee Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department Department of Law and Legislative Affairs

Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of them does not discharge the others neither does set free the surety so released from his responsibility to the other sureties.1

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1.See section 44,supra.