Introduction to Literary Chinese - Lesson 26, Text 2

Adapted from the 1927 book by J. Brandt
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RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF LAWS (continued).
Article 24. Obligations arising out of management of affairs without mandate and unjustified benefits are governed by the law of the place where the acts occurred.
Article 25. Obligations arising out of delicts are governed by the law of the place where the acts were committed, but this does not apply to acts not considered wrong by Chinese law.
Applications for compensation of damages and for other dispositions on account of delicts mentioned in the above provision are limited only to those which are allowed by Chinese law.
Chapter VI. Laws relating to forms of juridical acts.
Article 26. The forms of juridical acts, unless otherwise provided, are governed by the law of the place where the acts were performed; provided that the forms prescribed by the law governing the effect of such acts are also effective.
The proviso of the above section is not applicable to the forms of acts which have for their object the exercise or preservation of rights arising out of negotiable instruments.
Chapter VII.
Article 27. These Rules shall come into operation from the day of promulgation.
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