Full Title
AN ACT FIXING THE MINIMUM INDEMNITY IN ALL CASES OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE DEATH OF A PERSON AT TWO THOUSAND PESOS.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 36 no. 85 page 1816 (7/16/1938)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Commonwealth Act No. 284, June 03, 1938 ]

AN ACT FIXING THE MINIMUM INDEMNITY IN ALL CASES OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE DEATH OF A PERSON AT TWO THOUSAND PESOS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines: SECTION 1. The civil liability for the death of a person shall be fixed by the competent court at a reasonable sum, upon consideration of the pecuniary situation of the party liable and other circumstances; but it shall in no case be less than two thousand pesosSEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approvalApproved, June 3, 1938.

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