Section 231 Indian Contract Act 1872
Section 231 of the Indian Contract Act 1872 is about Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed. It is under “Effect of agency on contracts with third persons” of CHAPTER X of the Act. CHAPTER X is titled AGENCY.
Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed
If an agent makes a contract with a person who neither knows, nor has reason to suspect, that he is an agent, his principal may require the performance of the contract; but the other contracting party has, as against the principal, the same rights as he would have had as against the agent if the agent had been principal.
If the principal discloses himself before the contract is completed, the other contracting party may refuse to fulfil the contract, if he can show that, if he had known who was the principal in the contract, or if he had known that the agent was not a principal, he would not have entered into the contract.
See also:
Section 230 Indian Contract Act 1872 (Agent cannot personally enforce, nor be bound by, contracts on behalf of principal. Presumption of contract to contrary)
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