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Contract Act, 1872 Section 227

PRINCIPAL HOW FOR BOUND, WHEN AGENT EXCEEDS AUTHORITY When an agent does more than he is authorised to do, and when the

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 227 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - PRINCIPAL HOW FOR BOUND, WHEN AGENT EXCEEDS AUTHORITY When an agent does more than he is authorised to do, and when the. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 227: PRINCIPAL HOW FOR BOUND, WHEN AGENT EXCEEDS AUTHORITY When an agent does more than he is authorised to do, and when the part of what he does, which is within his authority, can be separated from the part which is beyond his authority, so much only of what he does as is within his authority is binding as between him and his principal.

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