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Section 220 - Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted, Section 221 - Agent's lien on principal's property : Indian Contract Act 1872

Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted? What is  Agent's lien on principal's property? Section 220 and 221 of Indian Contract Act 1872


 

Section 220 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted Agent's lien on principal's property"

220. An agent who is guilty of misconduct in the business of the agency is not entitled to any remuneration in respect of that part of the business which he has mis conducted.

Illustrations
(a) A employs B to recover 1,00,000 rupees from C, and to lay it out on good security. B recovers the 1,00,000 rupees and lays out 90,000 rupees on good security, but lays out 10,000 rupees on security which he ought to have known to be bad, whereby A loses 2,000 rupees. B is entitled to remuneration for recovering the 1,00,000 rupees and for investing the 90,000 rupees. He is not entitled to any remuneration for investing the 10,000 rupees, and he must make good the 2,000 rupees to B.
(b) A employs B to recover 1,000 rupees from C. Through B's misconduct the money is not recovered. B is entitled to no remuneration for his services, and must make good the loss.

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