Civil Code Art. 1485: Nature and Form of the

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1485
Topic: Nature and Form of the Contract
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VI SALES
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 Nature and Form of the Contract
Year: 1949

The provision

The preceding article shall be applied to contracts purporting to be leases of personal property with option to buy, when the lessor has deprived the lessee of the possession or enjoyment of the thing. (1454-A-a)

Note: these provisions are known as the Recto Law, on the sale of personal property by installments, and remain in force.

Cases applying this article

Pci Leasing v. Giraffe-X Creative Imaging G.R. No. 142618

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