- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 462
- Topic
- Right of Accession
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE II OWNERSHIP
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Right of Accession GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Formerly
- Art. 372a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
Whenever a river, changing its course by natural causes, opens a new bed through a private estate, this bed shall become of public dominion. (372a)
Cases applying this article
- Spouses Beder Morandarte v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 123586
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