# Mercantile Law Amendment Act Scotland 1856, Section 9: Discharge of one cautioner, to operate as a discharge to all.


Where two or more parties shall become bound as cautioners for any debtor, any discharge granted by the creditor in such debt or obligation to any one of such cautioners without the consent of the other cautioners shall be deemed and taken to be a discharge granted to all the cautioners; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to extend to the case of a cautioner consenting to the discharge of a co-cautioner who may have become bankrupt.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/19-20/60/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mercantile-law-amendment-act-scotland-1856/section-9
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