Section 220 - Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted, Section 221 - Agent's lien on principal's property : Indian Contract Act 1872

Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted? What is  Agent's lien on principal's property? Section 220 and 221 of Indian Contract Act 1872

 

Section 220 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted Agent's lien on principal's property"

220. 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 mis conducted.

Illustrations
(a) A employs B to recover 1,00,000 rupees from C, and to lay it out on good security. B recovers the 1,00,000 rupees and lays out 90,000 rupees on good security, but lays out 10,000 rupees on security which he ought to have known to be bad, whereby A loses 2,000 rupees. B is entitled to remuneration for recovering the 1,00,000 rupees and for investing the 90,000 rupees. He is not entitled to any remuneration for investing the 10,000 rupees, and he must make good the 2,000 rupees to B.
(b) A employs B to recover 1,000 rupees from C. Through B's misconduct the money is not recovered. B is entitled to no remuneration for his services, and must make good the loss.

 

Section 221 of Indian Contract Act 1872 : "Agent not entitled to remuneration for business mis conducted Agent's lien on principal's property"

221. In the absence of any contract to the contrary, an agent is entitled to retain goods, papers and other property, whether movable or immovable, of the principal received by him, until the amount due to himself for commission, disbursements and services in respect of the same has been paid or accounted for to him.

INDIAN CONTRACT ACT 1872

Section 206 - Notice of revocation or renunciation

Section 207 - Revocation and renunciation may be expressed or implied

Section 208 - When termination of agent's authority takes effect as to agent, and as to third persons

Section 209 - Agent's duty on termination of agency by principal's death or insanity

Section 210 - Termination of sub-agent's authority

Agent's duty to Principal

Section 211 - Agent's duty in conducting principal's business

Section 212 - Skill and diligence required from agent

Section 213 - Agent's accounts

Section 214 - Agent's duty to communicate with principal

Section 215 - Right of principal when agent deals, on his own account, in business of agency without principal's consent

Section 216 - Principal's right to benefit gained by agent dealing on his own account in business of agency

Section 217 - Agent's right of retainer out of sums received on principal's account

Section 218 - Agent's duty to pay sums received for principal

Section 219 - When agent's remuneration becomes due

Section 220 - Agent not entitled to remuneration for business misconducted

Section 221 - Agent's lien on principal's property

Principal's duty to agent

Section 222 - Agent to be indemnified against consequences of lawful acts

Section 223 - Agent to be indemnified against consequences of acts done in good faith

Section 224 - Non-liability of employer of agent to do a criminal act

Section 225 - Compensation to agent for injury caused by principal's neglect