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SPC Interpretation on the General Provisions of the Civil Code Contract Book

最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国民法典》合同编通则若干问题的解释

Judicial interpretation on general contract rules under the Civil Code, including Article 20 on contracts concluded by a legal representative or responsible person beyond authority.

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Use It For

Use Article 20 for ultra vires representation problems involving statutory or agreed limits on a legal representative’s power, counterparty knowledge, ratification, and attribution of the transaction to the company.

Teaching Notes

This interpretation lets students connect company-law authority limits with general contract doctrine instead of treating ultra vires as a purely corporate-law rule.