{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2397","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Other Causes of Termination","number":"2397","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE III - CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES","chapter":"Chapter 4. - Mandate","section":"Section 2. - Relationship between the Parties and with Third Parties","paragraph":"Paragraph 4. - Termination of the Mandate"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"In addition to a termination pursuant to the preceding: Article, mandate is terminated by:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":665,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/665/?article=2397&paragraph=p1#article-2397-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"the death, the judicial interdiction or the bankruptcy of the mandator, upon the proviso that the death or the judicial interdiction terminates the contract at the time when the mandatary becomes aware thereof.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p1a#article-2397-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"Revocation by the mandatory.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p1b#article-2397-p1b"}]},{"id":"p1c","number":"c","parentId":"p1","text":"the death, the judicial interdiction or the bankruptcy of the mandatary.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p1c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p1c#article-2397-p1c"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where the contract involves the performance of a juridical act in the interest of the mandatary or of a third person, it may be provided that it cannot be terminated by the mandator, or that it will not terminate upon his death or judicial interdiction. The former provision includes the latter, unless a different intention is evident. Where the contract contains such a provision, the other party may assume that the requirements for the validity of that provision have been fulfilled, unless the contrary must be obvious to him. The Court, upon the request of the mandator, an heir or the guardian of the mandator may, for serious reasons, modify or render inoperative a provision as referred to in this sub-Article.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p2#article-2397-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"Where the mandate is terminated by the death or the judicial interdiction of the mandator, the mandatary must nevertheless do all that is required by the circumstances in the interest of the other party.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p3#article-2397-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"Where the mandate is terminated by the death of the mandatary, the heirs must do all that is required by the circumstances in the interest of the other party, if they have knowledge of the succession and the mandate. Those in whose service or with whom the mandatary exercised a profession or business have an analogous obligation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2397/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":666,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/666/?article=2397&paragraph=p4#article-2397-p4"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}