Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
X · Section 190

When agent cannot delegate.

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

Sub-Agents

An agent cannot lawfully employ another to perform acts

which he has expressly or impliedly undertaken to perform personally, unless by the ordinary custom of

trade a sub-agent may, or, from the nature of the agency, a sub-agent must, be employed.

Judgments on Section 190