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A gives authority to B to sell A's land and to pay himself out of the proceeds the debts due to him…

Under section 202 of the Contract Act, where the agent has himself an interest in the property which forms the subject-matter of the agency, the agency cannot, in the…

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A gives authority to B to sell A's land and to pay himself out of the proceeds the debts due to him from A. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, in the absence of an express contract:

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Under section 202 of the Contract Act, where the agent has himself an interest in the property which forms the subject-matter of the agency, the agency cannot, in the absence of an express contract, be terminated to the prejudice of that interest. Illustration (a) to the section covers these facts, so "A cannot revoke this authority, nor can it be terminated by his death or insanity"; the options allowing revocation by A or termination by his death or insanity are wrong.

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