Section 60 - Application of payment where debt to be discharged is not indicated : Indian Contract Act 1872

What is Application of payment where debt to be discharged is not indicated? Section 60 of Indian Contract Act 1872


 

Section 60 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Application of payment where debt to be discharged is not indicated"

60. Where the debtor has omitted to intimate and there are no other circumstances indicating to which debt the payment is to be applied, the creditor may apply it at his discretion to any lawful debt actually due and payable to him from the debtor, whether its recovery is or is not barred by the law in force for the time being as to the limitation of suits.