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CHAPTER IX OF BAILMENT

Section 166: Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor without title

The Indian Contract Act, 1872

If the bailor has no title to the goods, and the bailee, in good faith, delivers them back to, or according to the directions of, the bailor, the bailee is not responsible to the owner in respect of such delivery1.

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  1. 1.See the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 117.

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  1. 1. Under Section 166 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, if the bailor has no title to the goods, and the bailee in good faith delivers them back to the bailor or according to his directions, the bailee:

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