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SBSMBL - Agency
SBSMBL - Agency
LAW OF AGENCY
Agency – Part X (ss.135 – 191) Contracts Act 1950
• 2. A person who has no authority to act for the principal but he acted
as if he has the authority to enter into a contract with third party.
• If either one of the two situations happen, the principal has two choices
i.e. reject or accept the contract
8. Not to disclose confidential information or documents
entrusted to him by his principal
• Not to tell other parties about any information or document
entrusted to him by his principal
9. Not to delegate his authority
• “delegates non potes delegare” - no delegated powers can be further
delegated
• An agent must not ask another person to perform his duty. The agent
must personally perform the duty asked by the principal
• The agent will lose his right to remuneration if the agent is guilty of
misconduct in the business of agency – s.173 CA
2) Not to willfully prevent or hinder the agent from earning his
commission
b) Termination by performance
• The contract of agency came to an end when the agent has
performed the contract
1) Mei Pheng Lee & Ivan Jeron Detta, Commercial Law, Third
Edition, Oxford Fajar (2017) – Chapter 4
2) Contracts Act 1950