Section 236
Person falsely contracting as agent not entitled to performance
Chapter 11: Agency
A person with whom a contract has been entered into in the character of agent, is not entitled to require the performance of it, if he was in reality acting, not as agent, but on his own account.
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
- 235Liability of pretended agent
- 237Liability of principal inducing belief that agent‟s unauthorized acts were authorized
- 238Effect, on agreement, of misrepresentation or fraud by agent