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Minors’ Contracts Act 1987

This Act says the old Infants Relief Act 1874 does not apply to contracts made by a minor after 9 April 1987, and it preserves certain guarantees and restitution remedies in those cases.

minors' contracts
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Singapore
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Year 1987
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Enacted 1987
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“This Act says the old Infants Relief Act 1874 does not apply to contracts made by a minor after 9 April 1987, and it preserves certain guarantees and restitution remedies in those cases.”

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Minors’ Contracts Act 1987

This Act says the old Infants Relief Act 1874 does not apply to contracts made by a minor after 9 April 1987, and it preserves certain guarantees and restitution remedies in those cases.

Document — Minors’ Contracts Act 1987

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Source record from sso.agc.gov.sg · Enacted 1987

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§ —Minors’ Contracts Act 1987Short title

This Act says the old Infants Relief Act 1874 does not apply to contracts made by a minor after 9 April 1987, and it preserves certain guarantees and restitution remedies in those cases.

Minors’ Contracts Act 1987 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to amend the law relating to minors’ contracts. [12 November 1993] Disapplication of Infants Relief Act 1874 1. The Infants Relief Act 1874 (which invalidates certain contracts made by minors and prohibits actions to enforce contracts ratified after majority) shall not apply to any contract made by a minor after 9 April 1987. Guarantees 2. Where — (a) a guarantee is given in respect of an obligation of a party to a contract made after 9 April 1987; and (b) the obligation is unenforceable against him (or he repudiates the contract) because he was a minor when the contract was made, the guarantee shall not for that reason alone be unenforceable against the guarantor. Restitution 3.—(1) Where — (a) a person (the claimant) has after 9 April 1987 entered into a contract with another (the defendant); and (b) the contract is unenforceable against the defendant (or he repudiates it) because he was a minor when the contract was made, the court may, if it is just and equitable to do so, require the defendant to transfer to the claimant any property acquired by the defendant under the contract, or any property representing it. [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (2) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice any other remedy available to the claimant. [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] Contracts before 12 November 1993 4. Nothing in this Act applies in relation to a contract made after 9 April 1987 and before 12 November 1993 except in so far as it was applicable by virtue of section 5 of the Civil Law Act 1909 in force before 12 November 1993. Short title 5. This Act may be cited as the Minors’ Contracts Act 1987.
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