Section 73 — Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

Implied covenants to be joint and several

(1) Where a covenant is implied under this or any other Act, and more persons than one are covenantors, such covenant shall be deemed to bind the covenantors and any two or greater number of them jointly and each of them severally.
(2) Section eighty, subsection four of the Real Property Act 1900 is hereby repealed.

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Related sections

s 70A — Burden of covenants relating to land
s 71 — Effect of covenant with two or more jointly
s 72 — Covenants etc by a person with himself or herself and another, or others
s 74 — Implied covenants may be negatived etc
s 75 — Benefit of implied covenants
s 76 — Construction of implied covenants and provisions

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