Draft of APPOINTMENT OF TRAVELLING SALESMAN FOR SELLING BOOKS

THIS AGREEMENT made at……………..on this……………..day of ……………20……… between ………………………….[P1] Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at ……… hereinafter referred to as “the Employer” (which expression shall, unless it be repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to mean and include its successors and assigns) of the ONE PART and Shri A son of Shri……………resident of…………..hereinafter referred to as “the sales representative” of the OTHER PART.
(1) [P3] The employer is a reputed law publisher and bookseller of India and wanted to employ few representatives for selling the books, collecting the sale proceeds and furthering its business interest and for that purpose published advertisements in newspapers for the appointment of sales representatives.
(2) [P4] The sales representative applied to the employer and the employer found him suitable for the post of sales representative and decided to employ him as sales representative on the following terms and conditions.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS FOLLOWS:[P5]
(1)[P6] The employer appoints Shri……………..as sales representative for a period of 2 years for canvassing, selling the books published by it, collecting the sale proceeds from the retail booksellers and to look after the interest of the employer in the area of ……….
(2) [P7] The sales representative shall canvass the books published by the employer and for that purpose approach law professors, advocates, retail booksellers, librarians and book orders of the employer’s books on the order forms supplied by the employer for the purpose. The sales representative shall get the order signed in triplicate and shall deliver one copy to the purchaser, and send one copy to employer immediately and retain one copy with him.
(3) [P8] The sales representative shall book orders in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by the employer from time to time.
(4) [P9] The sales representative shall collect the sale proceeds on behalf of the employer from the retail booksellers, libraries, purchasers either in cash, crossed cheques or demand drafts made payable to the employer. The sales representative shall issue a receipt on the printed receipt book supplied by the employer for the purpose and shall remit all cash, cheques or demand drafts to the employer received by him.
(5) [P10] The sales representative shall work conscientiously and energetically for the promotion, popularisation and sale of the employer’s books and shall not during the subsistence of this agreement, work directly or indirectly for any other person.
(6) [P11] The sales representative shall keep account of the books sold by him and amount received by him. The sales representative shall remit the amount received by him every week and shall also forward the detailed account along with the remittance.