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Statute
Philippine Civil Code
Article
Art. 1115
Topic
General Provisions
Status
In force
Book
BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title
TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
Chapter
CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
Formerly
Art. 1938 of the old Civil Code
Year
1949
Cited by
A Supreme Court decision

The provision

The provisions of the present Title are understood to be without prejudice to what in this Code or in special laws is established with respect to specific cases of prescription. (1938)

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A saving clause. The general rules on prescription in this Title yield to any specific rule of prescription laid down elsewhere in the Civil Code or in a special law. Where a statute fixes its own period or its own manner of counting for a particular action or right, that provision governs and this Title supplies only what the special rule leaves unaddressed.

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Civil Code, Art. 1115 is found in CHAPTER 1 General Provisions of TITLE V PRESCRIPTION of BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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