Indian Contract Act Section 220 — Agent not entitled to remuneration for business misconducted

CHAPTER X AGENCY — Agent’s duty to principal

Commercial / Corporate

Summary

An agent who behaves improperly or wrongly while carrying out the agency's business loses the right to any payment for the specific part of the work they mishandled. This means that if the agent's misconduct affects only a portion of their duties, they are denied remuneration solely for that portion, not necessarily for other work they did correctly.

Official Text

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 misconducted. Illustrations