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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 196

RIGHT OF PERSON AS TO ACTS DONE FOR HIM WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY. EFFECT OF RATIFICATION Where acts are done by one person

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 196 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - RIGHT OF PERSON AS TO ACTS DONE FOR HIM WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY. EFFECT OF RATIFICATION Where acts are done by one person. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 196: RIGHT OF PERSON AS TO ACTS DONE FOR HIM WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY. EFFECT OF RATIFICATION Where acts are done by one person on behalf of another, but without his knowledge or authority, he may elect to ratify or to disown such acts. If he ratifies them, the same effects will follow as if they had been performed by his authority.

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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 196 provide?

Section Section 196 of the Contract Act, 1872 (RIGHT OF PERSON AS TO ACTS DONE FOR HIM WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY. EFFECT OF RATIFICATION Where acts are done by one person) is reproduced on this page as part of the 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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