Discuss (b) Agency coupled with interest

Agency is the relationship in which one person (the agent) is employed to act on behalf of, and represent, another (the principal) in dealings with third parties, so that the agent's authorized acts bind the principal as if done by him. The maxim runs: qui facit per alium facit per se — he who acts through another acts himself (name only). In Nepal, the Muluki Civil Code 2074, Part 5, Chapter 10 (Contracts of Agency) governs (chapter verified from the Code's official table of contents), continuing the Contract Act 2056's line. Agency vs. independent contractor: the agent represents and binds (authority); the contractor works to a result without representing (no power to bind). The control test separates them — the agent is subject to the principal's direction as to the act's manner; the contractor is not.