Page 5 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 6. Rights may be waived, unless the

waiver is contrary to law, public order, public

policy, morals, or good customs, or prejudicial

to a third person with a right recognized by law.

(4a)

Article 8. Judicial decisions applying or

interpreting the laws or the Constitution shall

form a part of the legal system of the

Philippines. (n)

Article 9. No judge or court shall decline to

render judgment by reason of the silence,

obscurity or insufficiency of the laws. (6)

Article 10. In case of doubt in the

interpretation or application of laws, it is

presumed that the lawmaking body intended

right and justice to prevail. (n)