Article 2588. Capacity to Exercise Rights (Active Capacity) of a Natural Person

(1) The capacity to exercise rights (active capacity) of a natural person is governed by their national law.

(2) A person who does not have full capacity to exercise rights under their national law cannot invoke this circumstance if they have capacity to exercise rights under the law of the Republic of Moldova when it is the law of the place where the juridical act was concluded, except in cases where it is proven that the other party to the juridical act knew or should have known about the lack of capacity to exercise rights for that particular juridical act.

(3) The capacity to exercise rights of foreign citizens and stateless persons concerning juridical acts concluded on the territory of the Republic of Moldova and obligations arising from harm that occurred on the territory of the Republic of Moldova is determined according to the law of the Republic of Moldova.

(4) The attribution of a person to a new national law does not affect the adulthood acquired and recognized under the previously applicable law.