CHAPTER II OF CONTRACTS, VOIDABLE CONTRACTS AND VOID AGREEMENTS
Every person is competent to contract who is of the age of majority according to the law to which he is subject1, and who is of sound mind, and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
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1. Consider the following statements about Section 3 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937: 1. A person making a declaration must satisfy the prescribed authority that he is competent to contract within the meaning of Section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. 2. After the declaration, Section 2 applies to the declarant, his minor children and their descendants as if adoption, wills and legacies were also specified in it. 3. Where the prescribed authority refuses to accept a declaration, an appeal lies to the High Court. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?