Indian Contract Act, 1872
202. Termination of agency, where agent
has an interest in subject-matter
Where the agent has himself an interest in the property which
forms the subject-matter of the agency, the agency cannot, in the absence of an
express contract, be terminated to the prejudice of such interest.
Illustrations
(a) A, gives authority to B to sell A's land, and to pay
himself, out of the proceeds, the debts due to him from A.A cannot revoke this
authority, nor can it be terminated by his insanity or death.
(b) A consigns 1,000 bales of cotton to be, who has made
advances to him on such cotton, and desires B to sell the cotton, and to repay
himself out of the price the amount of his own advances. A cannot revoke this
authority, not is it terminated by his insanity or death.