Contracts - Capacity V

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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.