219: When agent’s remuneration becomes due
The Contract Act · Federal Acts · Chapter X · in_force
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In the absence of any special contract, payment for the performance of any act is not due to the agent until the completion of such act; but an agent may detain moneys received by him on account of goods sold, although the whole of the goods consigned to him for sale may not have been sold, or although the sale may not be actually complete.
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218: Agent’s duty to pay sums received for principal220: Agent not entitled to remuneration for business misconducted217: Agent’s right of retainer out of sums received on principal’s account221: Agent’s lien on principal’s property216: Principal’s right to benefit gained by agent dealing on his own account in business of agency222: Agent to be indemnified against consequences of lawful acts
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