{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1451","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1451","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS [1429. - 1451.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Alternative Obligations [1448. - 1451.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If one of the alternative acts required by an obligation is such as the law will not enforce, or becomes unlawful, or impossible of performance, the obligation is to be interpreted as though the other stood alone.</p>","text":"If one of the alternative acts required by an obligation is such as the law will not enforce, or becomes unlawful, or impossible of performance, the obligation is to be interpreted as though the other stood alone.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/alternative-obligations-1451","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}