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

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1. 1. Under Section 144 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, 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, and that other person does not join:

   A.the guarantee is not valid, as the condition on which it was given failedB.the guarantee is valid, and the surety alone is liable for the whole debtC.the guarantee is valid, but the surety is liable for half the debt onlyD.the guarantee is voidable at the option of the creditor alone, and not of the surety
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