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Section 235 Contract Act — Liability of pretended agent

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 51

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235. Liability of pretended agent .—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.

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