Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 216

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216. (1) The persons vested with the provisional possession of the property of the absentee shall take the necessary steps, before the competent court, to make up, within three months from the day on which they have been vested with such possession, an inventory of the movable property and a description of the immovable property of the absentee, unless dispensed therefrom by the court on the ground that such inventory or description had already been made under the provisions of article 197, or for any other good cause. (2) The court may, if necessary, direct the said inventory or description to be made before granting the demand for provisional possession. Powers of persons vested with provisional possession.

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