(1) If the commission agent makes an advance payment or grants credit to a third party without the principal’s consent, then the commission agent will be acting at their own risk.
(2) To the extent, however, that commercial customs prevailing at the place of the transaction include the deferral of payment of the purchase price, the commission agent will be authorised to grant such deferral if there are no instructions to the contrary from the principal.
(3) Where the commission agent sells on credit without authorisation, the commission agent will be obliged, as the party liable for the purchase price, to immediately make payment to the principal. If the price would have been lower for a cash sale, then the commission agent will be required to pay only the lower price and, if such lower price is lower than the price set for the commission agent, also the difference pursuant to section 386.