Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 386
386. (1) Where the only subject of the usufruct is a building,
and such building falls down through age or is destroyed by a
fortuitous event, the usufructuary shall not be entitled to enjoy
either the soil or the materials.
(2) Where, however, the usufruct was constituted over a
tenement of which such building was only a part, the usufructuary
shall be entitled to enjoy the soil, and he may use the materials
either in the reconstruction of the fallen building or in the repair of
other parts of the tenement subject to the usufruct.
(3) In each of the aforesaid cases, if the building is not
destroyed, or does not fall down except in part, the usufructuary
shall retain the right to enjoy the soil and the materials.
Where subject of
usufruct is a ship
beyond repair.
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