Unless otherwise provided, a mandatary may grant his mandate to another person only in the following cases:
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2384
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where the power to delegate flows necessarily from the nature of the juridical acts to be performed or is in conformity with usage;
where the delegation of the mandate is necessary in the interest of the mandator who is unable to act himself;
where the mandate concerns property which is situated outside the country in which the mandatary has his domicile.
where mandate has been granted with consideration to a person who exercises a profession or a business with the mandator or in his service, to the extent that it results from the mandate itself that he may have it performed by others under his responsibility. The foregoing is without prejudice to the liability of the mandatary.