Section 164
Bailor‟s responsibility to bailee
Chapter 10: Of bailment
The bailor is responsible to the bailee for any loss which the bailee may sustain by reason that the bailor was not entitled to make the bailment, or to receive back the goods, or to give directions respecting them.
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Act No. 9 of 1872). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.
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- 161Bailee‟s responsibility when goods are not duly returned
- 162Termination of gratuitous bailment by death
- 163Bailor entitled to increase or profit from goods bailed
- 165Bailment by several joint owners
- 166Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor without title
- 167Right of third person claiming goods bailed