Section 235
Liability of pretended agent
Chapter 11: Agency
A person untruly representing himself to be the authorized agent of another, and thereby inducing a third person to deal with him as such agent, is liable, if his alleged employer does not ratify his acts, to make compensation to the other in respect of any loss or damage which he has incurred by so dealing.
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Act No. 9 of 1872). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.
Related sections
- 232Performance of contract with agent supposed to be principal
- 233Right of person dealing with agent personally liable
- 234Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be held exclusively liable
- 236Person falsely contracting as agent not entitled to performance
- 237Liability of principal inducing belief that agent‟s unauthorized acts were authorized
- 238Effect, on agreement, of misrepresentation or fraud by agent