Article 1327

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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The following cannot give consent: unemancipated minors (under 18), insane or demented persons, and deaf-mutes who do not know how to write. Their contracts are voidable.

Official text — RA 386

The following cannot give consent to a contract:

(1) Unemancipated minors;

(2) Insane or demented persons, and deaf-mutes who do not know how to write. (1263a)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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