GENERAL AUTHORIZATION LETTER
(Used only by a foreign applicant to authorize a domestic
company to fully represent it in litigations)
To: Shanghai High
People’s Court,
Authorizer: A
Company
Authorized:B Company
Subject: Issues concerning litigation
authorization in P.R. China
We, A Company,
hereby confirms and authorizes B Company, to entrust lawyers on our behalf or
handle with full power all the maritime & admiralty claims and legal
matters of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising in court and/or other
competent judicial institutions and administrations in the territory of the P.R.C.,the power of attorney
includes but not limited to the following:
To file lawsuits
or arbitration claims or administrative claims and objections or other claims
as defined above,lodge objection to jurisdiction,
apply for maritime injunctions, apply for measures for property preservation,
apply for measures for evidence preservation and apply for enforcement and
payment order, apply for fund of liability limitation for maritime claims;
1. To draft,prepare and submit all the relevant legal documents
and sign and acknowledge various judicial service;
2. To attend hearings, pretrial meetings,
trials and/or other meetings;
3. To respond, plead and defend;
4. To admit, waive and change the requests
of the lawsuit and/or arbitration claims;
5. To conduct mediation or reconciliation ; to designate the bank account for receiving
payment and to receive payment where necessary
6. To file counterclaims, appeals, complaints
and/or apply for reconsideration etc.;
7. To lodge application for enforcedly
execution of judgments or verdicts or mediation or arbitration awards or
settlement agreements;
8. To appear and participate in the first,
second legal proceedings and/or even the retrial or execution proceedings
and/or other legal proceedings set out by law.
The general authorization
letter has become effective from the date of execution and shall continue to be
effective for 2 years during which we are entitled to revoke in written this general
authorization letter with 1 month of prior notice.
In case a legal
proceeding is still on when the period of validity expires, this general authorization
letter shall survive till the end of aforesaid legal proceedings.
It is hereby
certified that this general authorization letter is signed on Month/Day/Year
Signed/Stamped by
on behalf of A Company