Civil Code Art. 706: NUISANCE

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 706
Topic: NUISANCE
Status: In force
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE VIII NUISANCE
Year: 1949

The provision

Any person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or if necessary, by destroying the thing which constitutes the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace or doing unnecessary injury. However, it is indispensable that the procedure for extrajudicial abatement of a public nuisance by a private person be followed.

Civil Code, Art. 706 is found in TITLE VIII NUISANCE of BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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