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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 220

Agent Not Entitled to Remuneration for Business Misconducted

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 220 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Agent Not Entitled to Remuneration for Business Misconducted. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

An agent who is guilty of misconduct in the business of the agency, is not entitled to any remuneration in respect of that part of the business which he has misconducted.

Illustration

(a) A employs B to recover 1,00,000 rupees from C, and to lay it out on good security. B recovers the 1,00,000 rupees and lays out 90,000 rupees on good security, but lays out 10,000 rupees on security which he ought to have known to be bad, whereby A loses 2,000 rupees. B is entitled to remuneration for recovering the 1,00,000 rupees and for investing the 90,000 rupees. He is not entitled to any remuneration for investing the 10,000 rupees, and he must make good the 2,000 rupees to B.

(b) A employs B to recover 1,000 rupees from C. Through B's misconduct the money is not recovered. B is entitled to no remuneration for his services, and must make good the loss.

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What does Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 220 provide?

Section Section 220 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Agent Not Entitled to Remuneration for Business Misconducted) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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