| 英文摘要 |
Analogical application of the agency provisions to ultra vires representative acts would create a conflict between Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 61 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China. The interpretation of ultra vires representation must be grounded in positive law; from this perspective, analogical application of the agency provisions should be rejected. Although the current judicial interpretation contains praiseworthy elements, it nevertheless requires further theoretical clarification of the mechanism by which the legal effects of representative acts are generated. Jurisprudentially, a strict distinction must be drawn between representation and agency. On this basis, it is necessary to break free from the mindset shaped by existing conceptions that all representative acts are automatically attributable to the legal person represented. Where a legal representative acts beyond his or her authority and the counterparty is not in good faith, such conduct results in a discrepancy between the legal person's actual intent and the external manifestation of will, thereby violating the legal person's genuine intention. Consequently, on the one hand, an ultra vires representative (legal) act does not take effect against the legal person after the legal person asserts a defense against a non-good-faith counterparty; on the other hand, the legal person must still bear the legal consequences arising from the ineffectiveness of the ultra vires act. Such an interpretation not only avoids legal conflicts but also achieves fairness and rationality, ensuring jurisprudential coherence. |