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Article 508

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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The private ownership of the beds of rain waters does not give a right to make works or constructions which may change their course to the damage of third persons, or whose destruction, by the force of floods, may cause...

Official text — RA 386

The private ownership of the beds of rain waters does not give a right to make works or constructions which may change their course to the damage of third persons, or whose destruction, by the force of floods, may cause such damage. (413)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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