Page 154 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

OWNERSHIP IN GENERAL

Article 427. Ownership may be exercised over

things or rights. (n)

Article 428. The owner has the right to enjoy

and dispose of a thing, without other limitations

than those established by law.

The owner has also a right of action against the

holder and possessor of the thing in order to

recover it. (348a)

Article 429. The owner or lawful possessor of a

thing has the right to exclude any person from

the enjoyment and disposal thereof. For this

purpose, he may use such force as may be

reasonably necessary to repel or prevent an

actual or threatened unlawful physical invasion

or usurpation of his property. (n)