1. The legal representative of an enterprise should bear different legal responsibilities on different occasions.

For example, in the case of representing an enterprise, its personal signature will lead to the consequences of the enterprise taking responsibility; If the enterprise goes bankrupt and assumes personal responsibility, the legal representative will be subject to many restrictions in running the enterprise in the future.

If an enterprise violates the relevant laws and regulations, it may restrict the person of the legal representative. If it refuses to execute the court judgment, the legal representative will be detained; If a legal person commits a crime, the legal representative will be subject to criminal punishment, and so on. The above is just a list, not complete.

2. If there are no defects (such as defects in capital contribution) when the legal person is established, the liability for losses shall be borne by the legal person itself, and it is neither a shareholder nor a legal representative. Of course, if it is a state-owned enterprise, if the legal representative has dereliction of duty, the severity will reach the level of criminal law investigation or administrative sanctions should be given.

3. As long as a sole proprietorship legal person can distinguish between legal person's property and personal property, it doesn't need the legal representative to bear civil liability. When a legal person is in the form of a limited company, the company shall bear all its property, and the individual shareholders shall not be responsible, except for the defects in capital contribution when it is established.

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The legal representative also enjoys the following rights:

1. The legal representative of an enterprise shall exercise his/her functions and powers and perform his/her obligations within the scope of functions and powers stipulated by national laws, regulations and the articles of association of the enterprise, participate in civil activities on behalf of the enterprise as a legal person, be fully responsible for the production, operation and management of the enterprise, and accept the supervision of all members of the enterprise and relevant authorities.

2. The legal representative of the enterprise may entrust others to perform their duties.

The legal representative of the enterprise shall entrust others to perform their duties. The duties that must be performed by the legal representative according to laws and regulations shall not be entrusted to others.

4. The legal representative of an enterprise shall not concurrently be the legal representative of another enterprise as a legal person. Due to special needs, they can only work concurrently in enterprises with affiliation or joint venture or investment, and they will be strictly examined by the competent department of the enterprise or the registration authority.

5. The legal representative of an enterprise as a legal person is the signatory who exercises power on behalf of the enterprise.

6. The signature of the legal representative shall be filed with the registration authority. The document signed by the legal representative is a legal document representing an enterprise as a legal person.

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