Art. 9 Minors. — COMMERCIAL CODE

A minor who has attained the age of sixteen years, may

trade and shall be deemed to be a major with regard to obligations

contracted by him for purposes of trade, if -

(a) he has previously been authorized to that effect by the

parent to whose authority he is subject, by means of a

public deed registered in the Civil Court, First Hall; or,

where both parents are dead, interdicted or absent, he

has been authorized by the judge of the Civil Court,

First Hall; and

(b) a summary of the deed of authorization or of the

decree aforementioned has been published by means of

a notice in the Exchange, in the Government Gazette

and in another newspaper.

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