Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 506
506. The application, the certificate of the Public Registry, the
list as verified on oath, the two edicts together with the cert ificate
of the marshal with regard to their publication, the notice ins erted
in the Government Gazette, the documents, the protests of the
interested parties who have entered an appearance and the repor t as
well as the claims put in by the curators appointed as aforesai d,
shall be compiled in a single record in chronological order and kept
in their original.
Decree of court. 507. On the expiration of the time mentioned in article 501(3),
the court shall examine the reco rd, and if it is satisfied that the
provisions contained in article s 499 to 506 inclusive have been
complied with, shall give a decr ee declaring that the edicts ha ve
been purified, that it is proved that all the formalities presc ribed by
this Code have been complied with, and that the immovable
property is free from any entail, hypothec, easement or other
burden, which might be claimed by any person, or body corporate ,
although privileged, including the Government, except such as a re
available to the creditors or ot her interested parties who put in a
claim, or whose claim appears from the certificate of the Publi c
Registry, or from the list filed by the applicant, or from the protest
of the curators.
Time for which
hypothecs
remaining in force
as provided in
article 507 shall
subsist.
Amended by:
XI.1859.26.
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