alleryStart learning →When acts are done for a person without his authority, he may
Aonly disown them later
Bonly ratify them later
Cratify or disown them
Ddo neither, as they are void
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. ratify or disown them
Section 196 gives the person for whom the unauthorised acts were done a free choice to ratify or disown them.
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