Malaysia legislation
Section 155
Section 155
Termination of agency, where agent has an interest in subject-matter
Where the agent has himself an interest in the property which forms the subject-matter of the agency, the agency cannot, in the absence of an express contract, be terminated to the prejudice of such interest.
(a)
A gives authority to B to sell A’s land, and to pay himself, out of the proceeds, the debts due to him from A. A cannot revoke this authority, nor can it be terminated by his unsoundness of mind or death.
(b)
A consigns 1,000 bales of cotton to B, who has made advances to him on such cotton, and desires B to sell the cotton, and to repay himself out of the price the amount of his own advances. A cannot revoke this authority nor is it terminated by his unsoundness of mind or death.
Contracts 75
When principal may revoke agents’ authority