Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 297
297. In the case of death of any person who has not been
attended by a physician or surgeon, it shall be the duty of the
members of the family and of the domestic servants of the decea sed
as well as of the person occupying the house or other place in
which the death occurred, or having the management of such hous e
or place, to give notice of such death:
Provided that such notice may be given either by its delivery,
by any person, to the officer re ferred to in article 296(1) or by it being
delivered by electronic means.
114 [CAP. 16. CIVIL CODE
Certificate of
person presumed
dead.
Added by:
LIV .1974.8.
Amended by:
XIII.2007.13.
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