Government of the Republic of Korea

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Government of the Republic of Korea Civil Act of South Korea — PART I General Provisions

In a case where the validity of a declaration of intention is to be affected by reason of absence of intention, fraud, duress, or by reason of knowledge or negligent ignorance of certain circumstances, the existence or non- existence of such reasons shall be determined on the basis of the agent. (2) In a case where an agent has been commissioned to do a specific juristic act and he has done such act in conformity with the principal’s instructions, the principal cannot set up the agent’s ignorance of any circumstances of which he himself was aware.
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Government of the Republic of Korea Civil Act of South Korea — PART I General Provisions

If a person who has made a contract as an agent of another can neither prove his authority nor get the principal to ratify the contract, he shall be liable to the other party, at the latter’s option, either for the performance of the contract or for damages. (2) The provisions the preceding paragraph shall not apply if the other party was aware, or should have been aware, that such person had no power of representation, or if the person who made the contract as an agent had no capacity for entering into such contract.
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