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Section 196 Contract Act — Right of person as to acts done for him without his authority. Effect of ratification

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 45

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196. Right of person as to acts done for him without his authority . Effect of ratification.— Where acts are done by one person on behalf of another, but without his knowledge or authority, he may elect to ratify or to disown such acts. If he ratify them, the same effects will follow as if they had b een performed by his authority.

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