<div class="p-3">
<form onsubmit="return validateForm(this)" action="https://postman-echo.com/post" method="post">
  <div>
  <input type="checkbox" name="agree" id="agree" value="yes" />
  <label for="agree">I agree to the terms and conditions</label>
  <div style="visibility:hidden; color:red" id="agree_chk_error">
  Can't proceed as you didn't agree to the terms!
  </div>
  </div>
    <div>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
    </div>
  </form>
</div>
function validateForm(form)
{
    console.log("checkbox checked is ", form.agree.checked);
    if(!form.agree.checked)
    {
        document.getElementById('agree_chk_error').style.visibility='visible';
        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        document.getElementById('agree_chk_error').style.visibility='hidden';
        return true;
    }
}

External CSS

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External JavaScript

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