Question

Explain duties of an agent

Answer 1

1. Duty to follow principal’s directions or customs (Sec. 211)

2. Duty to carry out the work with reasonable skill and diligence (Sec. 212)

3. Duty to Render Accounts (Sec. 213)

4. Duty to communicate (Sec. 214)

5. Duty not to deal on his own account (Sees. 215 and 216)

6. Duty not to make any profit out of his agency except his remuneration (Sees. 217 and 218)

7. Duty on termination of agency by principal’s death or insanity (Sec. 209)

8. Duty not to delegate authority (Sec. 190)