Page 162 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 546. Necessary expenses shall be

refunded to every possessor; but only the

possessor in good faith may retain the thing until

he has been reimbursed therefor.

Useful expenses shall be refunded only to the

possessor in good faith with the same right of

retention, the person who has defeated him in

the possession having the option of refunding the

amount of the expenses or of paying the increase

in value which the thing may have acquired by

reason thereof. (453a)

Article 548. Expenses for pure luxury or mere

pleasure shall not be refunded to the possessor

in good faith; but he may remove the ornaments

with which he has embellished the principal

thing if it suffers no injury thereby, and if his

successor in the possession does not prefer to

refund the amount expended. (454)