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Article 707

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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A private person or a public official extrajudicially abating a nuisance shall be liable for damages: (1) If he causes unnecessary injury.

Official text — RA 386

A private person or a public official extrajudicially abating a nuisance shall be liable for damages:

(1) If he causes unnecessary injury; or

(2) If an alleged nuisance is later declared by the courts to be not a real nuisance.

TITLE IX

REGISTRY OF PROPERTY

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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