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Atty. Erik Donn Ignacio by Atty. Erik Donn Ignacio
March 1, 2023
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There are instances when a person cannot personally appear to undertake things which have legal effects. Receipts of money or property are just some of the instances where the giver should not be careless to release the same to another person other than to whom it is due. In the present age, it is not uncommon to hear people pretending to be in possession of authority to claim money and property for another. In the end, the one who gives property or money to a person other than to whom it is rightfully due usually suffers the damage. In order to prevent said situations, it is now usually required that a document called “special power of attorney” be presented by the one who claims on behalf of another. It may be an added burden to the one who will claim since the document will have to be notarized but it serves as assurance that said person was authorized. 

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The Civil Code says: “No one may contract in the name of another without being authorized by the latter…” (Article 1317). The article states the general rule: No one may contract in the name of another. This must be so since a person cannot be compelled to comply with the obligations arising from a contract he did not enter into himself. The same article states the exception to the rule that a person may contract in the name of another provided he has been authorized by that person. Although no form is required by law, it is usually through a document denominated as “special power of attorney” that the agent may transact in the name of his principal. This legal relationship between an agent and principal is covered by the Civil Code provisions on Agency, Title X, Chapter 1, Articles 1868 until1932. Agency may be general which pertains practically to all the business relations of the principal while special deals with particular transactions only. Although no particular form is required, a written authority is required when it comes to the sale of land or any interest therein. But what becomes of the contract entered into by an unauthorized person? The law says that the contract entered into by an unauthorized person, or by an agent who has exceeded his authority shall be unenforceable. It has no legal effect but the principal may ratify the contract and it can then be enforced against him.

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In business transactions, it is prudent that an agent be required to show proof of his authority to transact on behalf of his principal since a contract entered into by a person for another without the latter’s authority is unenforceable with respect to the supposed principal. An unenforceable contract cannot be enforced even through court action.

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One might ask, can a person be authorized to appear during a marriage ceremony and sign the marriage contract on behalf of one of the contracting parties? Marriage through a proxy or representative is not allowed because the law requires the parties to appear personally before the solemnizing officer but almost all other contracts may be done through an agent or representative. The civil code states that an SPA is required: to compromise, waive any obligation, in the acquisition of real properties, to loan or borrow money, to lease real property, to create or convey real rights, to accept or repudiate an inheritance, among others. Nowadays, SPAs are usually employed when it comes to sale of lands especially if the principal is abroad, when filing claims or applications before any office through a representative, and even when a lawyer appears without his client during pre-trial since during this stage admissions may be made and compromise may be had. Many are now careful and are not willing to accept a simple authorization letter as proof of authority of the agent. Requiring an SPA may be an added security since a notarized document has more credibility than an authorization letter.

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