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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 224

NON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER OF AGENT TO DO A CRIMINAL ACT Where one person employs another to do an act which is

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 224 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - NON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER OF AGENT TO DO A CRIMINAL ACT Where one person employs another to do an act which is. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 224: NON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER OF AGENT TO DO A CRIMINAL ACT 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.

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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 224 provide?

Section Section 224 of the Contract Act, 1872 (NON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER OF AGENT TO DO A CRIMINAL ACT Where one person employs another to do an act which is) 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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