Page 182 - 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 547. If the useful improvements can be

removed without damage to the principal thing,

the possessor in good faith may remove them,

unless the person who recovers the possession

exercises the option under paragraph 2 of the

preceding Article. (n)