Whether the intermediary collects the deposit in violation of regulations needs to be judged according to different situations. If the buyer and the seller are authorized to entrust the intermediary to collect the deposit, it is legal for the intermediary to collect the deposit, but if the buyer and the seller are not authorized to entrust the intermediary to collect the deposit, it is illegal to collect the deposit. Article 96 1 of the Civil Code, which came into effect on 202 1, is a contract in which the broker reports the opportunity of concluding a contract to the client or provides media services for concluding a contract, and the client pays remuneration. Article 161 A civil subject may carry out a civil juristic act through an agent. ? In accordance with the provisions of the law, the agreement of the parties or the nature of civil legal acts, civil legal acts that should be implemented by themselves shall not be represented. Article 162 A civil juristic act carried out by an agent in the name of the principal within the scope of his agency authority is effective for the principal.