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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 224

Non-liability of Employer of Agent to Do a Criminal Act

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 224 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Non-liability of Employer of Agent to Do a Criminal Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where one person employs another to do an act which is criminal, the employer is not liable to the agent, either upon an express or an implied promise, to indemnify him against the consequences of that Act.1

Illustration

(a) A employs B to beat C, and agrees to indemnify him against all consequences of the act. B thereupon beats C, and has to pay damages to C for so doing. A is not liable to indemnify B for those damages.

(b) B, the proprietor of a newspaper, publishes, at A's request, a libel upon C in the paper, and A agrees to indemnify B against the consequences of the publication, and all costs and damages of any action in respect thereof. B is sued by C and has to pay damages, and also incurs expenses. A is not liable to B upon the indemnity.

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1. See, section 24, supra.

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What does Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 224 provide?

Section Section 224 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Non-liability of Employer of Agent to Do a Criminal Act) 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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