Contracts - Capacity 2

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Capacity 2

More laws pertaining to capacity in the Civil Code:

Article

第 76 條

無行為能力人由法定代理人代為意思表示，並代受意思表示。

Article 76   

A person who has no capacity to make juridical acts shall be represented by his guardian for making or receiving an expression of intent.

Vocabulary

無行為能力人  [wúxíngwéi nénglìrén]  /a person who has no juridical capacity/

由  [yóu]  /follow/from/reason/cause/because of/due to/

法定  [fǎdìng]  /(adj) legal; of a legal nature/

代理人  [dàilǐrén]  /agent/

代  [dài]  /substitute/replace/

為  [wèi]  /to make/

意思表示  [yìsībiǎoshì]  /expressed intention/declaration of will/

並  [bìng]  /and/

受  [shòu]  /to receive/

Study:

The civil code of Taiwan separates juridical capacity into 4 types:

無行為能力人  A person who has no juridical capacity

限制行為能力人  A person with limited juridical capacity

行為能力人  A person with juridical capacity

禁治產人  Interdicted – no juridical capacity

According to Article 13 of the Civil Code the ages for the above mentioned persons are as follows

無行為能力人  0-6

限制行為能力人  7-20

行為能力人  20+ or persons who are minors but have married(According to Article 980 - 18 for men and 16 for women)

More articles pertaining to capacity in the Civil Code:

第 15 條

（禁治產人之能力）

禁治產人，無行為能力。

Article 15   

Those who are interdicted have no capacity to make juridical acts.

第 13 條

（未成年人及其行為能力）

未滿七歲之未成年人，無行為能力。

滿七歲以上之未成年人，有限制行為能力。

未成年人已結婚者，有行為能力。

Article 13   

The minor, who has not reached their seventh year of age, has no capacity to make juridical acts.

The minor, who is over seven years of age, has a limited capacity to make juridical acts.

The married minor has the capacity to make juridical acts.