Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Chapter X: Agency · Revocation of authority
Section 206: Notice of revocation or renunciation
In plain words
Reasonable notice must be given of revocation or renunciation. Otherwise, the resulting damage must be made good by one to the other.
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Official text
Reasonable notice must be given of such revocation or renunciation, otherwise the damage thereby resulting to the principal or the agent, as the case may be, must be made good to the one by the other.
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