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The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Section 144. Guarantee on contract that creditor shall not act on it until co-surety joins.

Where a person gives a guarantee upon a contract that the creditor shall not act upon it until another person has joined in it as co-surety, the guarantee is not valid if that other person does not join.

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