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Article 98-2Capacity to Receive Manifestations of Intention

第九十八条の二(意思表示の受領能力)

Any person may not assert a manifestation of intention against the other party to that if that other party had no mental capacity or was a minor or an adult ward at the time of receiving it; provided, however, that this does not apply after either of the following persons learns of the manifestation of intention:

意思表示の相手方がその意思表示を受けた時に意思能力を有しなかったとき又は未成年者若しくは成年被後見人であったときは、その意思表示をもってその相手方に対抗することができない。ただし、次に掲げる者がその意思表示を知った後は、この限りでない。

the legal representative of the other party; or

相手方の法定代理人

the other party, after that other party's mental capacity has been restored or after that other party has become a person with capacity to act.

意思能力を回復し、又は行為能力者となった相手方

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