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What is the responsibility of the finder of goods as per the Indian Contract Act, 1872 towards the…

A finder who takes another person’s goods into custody has the responsibilities of a bailee. The finder must safeguard the goods rather than treat them as automatically his…

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What is the responsibility of the finder of goods as per the Indian Contract Act, 1872 towards the goods so found?

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A finder who takes another person’s goods into custody has the responsibilities of a bailee. The finder must safeguard the goods rather than treat them as automatically his own. Finding goods therefore does not confer an unrestricted right to sell them immediately.

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