§ 1597. Agent’s acts as binding principal

Statutory text

When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, as well as that of the person employed.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1939
Pub. L. 76–615 · 53 Stat. 1275
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1597
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 407, 53 Stat. 1286.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 407, 53 Stat. 1286.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Credits

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 407, 53 Stat. 1286.)