Page 405 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 1676. The purchaser of a piece of land

which is under a lease that is not recorded in

the Registry of Property may terminate the

lease, save when there is a stipulation to the

contrary in the contract of sale, or when the

purchaser knows of the existence of the lease.

If the buyer makes use of this right, the lessee

may demand that he be allowed to gather the

fruits of the harvest which corresponds to the

current agricultural year and that the vendor

indemnify him for damages suffered.

If the sale is fictitious, for the purpose of

extinguishing the lease, the supposed vendee

cannot make use of the right granted in the first

paragraph of this Article. The sale is presumed

to be fictitious if at the time the supposed

vendee demands the termination of the lease,

the sale is not recorded in the Registry of

Property. (1571a)