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Section 24: Agreement to Do Impossible Act – Contract Void in Uganda

24.Agreement to do impossible act

(1)An agreement to do an act which is impossible to perform is void.

(2)A contract becomes void, where the contract is to do an act which, after the contract is made, becomes impossible or unlawful or which by reason of an event which the promisor could not prevent, becomes impossible or unlawful.

(3)Where a person promises to do an act which he or she knew or which with reasonable diligence, may have known to be impossible to perform and which the promisee did not know to be impossible or unlawful, the promisor shall compensate the promisee for any loss which the promisee may suffer as a result of the non-performance of the promise.

(4)For the purposes of this section, an act shall be taken to be impossible of performance if in law or the course of nature, no person can do or perform it.

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If you agree to do something that is impossible to perform, that agreement is void and cannot be enforced. If a contract later becomes impossible or u...

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