Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 180

180. (1) It shall not be lawful for the tutor, without the authority of the court, to collect or transfer any capital belo nging to the minor, take money on loan except in case of urgency, accept or renounce any inheritance, accept any donation or legacy subject to any burden, refer any matter to arbitration or effect any compromise, or alienate, hypothecate, or make any emphyteutical grant of immovable property, or let out property for a time exceeding eight years, in the cas e of rural property, or four y ears, in the case of urban property, or the ordinary time according to u sage, in the case of movables. (2) Upon a demand for authorit y to accept an inheritance, the court may, according to circumstances, allow the tutor to produ ce in lieu of the inventory prescribed in article 848, a note desc ribing the property comprised in the inheritance which shall be verifi ed on oath by the tutor. 80 [CAP. 16. CIVIL CODE (3) Where a lease has been granted for a longer time than that stated in sub-article (1) of this article, it shall be reduced to the time therein respectively stated , to be reckoned from the date of the contract. (4) The court may, in the decree appointing a tutor or by a subsequent decree, grant such tutor a general authority in resp ect of all, or any of the said acts. Profitable investment of moneys. Amended by: XLVI.1973.48; XIII.1983.5; L.N. 407 of 2007