- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1657
- Topic
- Lease of Rural and Urban Lands
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE VIII LEASE
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Lease of Rural and Urban Lands
- Formerly
- Art. 1555 of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
The lessee is obliged: (1) To pay the price of the lease according to the terms stipulated; (2) To use the thing leased as a diligent father of a family, devoting it to the use stipulated; and in the absence of stipulation, to that which may be inferred from the nature of the thing leased, according to the custom of the place; (3) To pay expenses for the deed of lease. (1555)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Lists a tenant's core duties in a lease: pay the agreed rent on time, use the property carefully and only for its stipulated or customary purpose, and shoulder the cost of preparing the lease document. These duties apply unless the parties validly agree otherwise.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Henry Chua v. Emmanuel R. Andamo G.R. No. 156333