Section 108(e) of the Transfer of Property Act-"If, by fire, storm or flood or violence of an army or mob or other irresistible force, any material part of the property is destroyed in its entirety or rendered substantially and permanently improper for the purpose for which it has been let, the lease shall, at the option of the lessor, be void, etc.
Section 108(e) of the Transfer of Property Act refers to "destructed entirely or rendered substantially and permanently improper," but section 56 of the Contract Act refers to "acts that become unlawful or impossible." There is, therefore, no doubt that the Contract Act covers a much wider field than the Transfer of Property Act does.
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