190: When agent cannot delegate — Contract Act, 1872

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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.

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189: Agent’s authority in an emergency 191: “Sub-agent” defined 188: Extent of agent’s authority 192: Representation of principal by sub-agent properly appointed 187: Definitions of express and implied authority 193: Agent’s responsibility for sub-agent appointed without authority

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