Cap. 13 Art. 9Minors.

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.