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Section 190 Contract Act — When agent cannot delegate

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 44

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190. When agent cannot delegate .—An agent cannot lawfully employ another to perform acts which he has expressly or impliedly undertaken to perform personally, unless by the ordinary custom of trade a sub-agent may, or, from the nature of the agency, a sub-agent must, be employed.

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