Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 524
524. (1) Possession is the detention of a corporeal thing or the
enjoyment of a right, the ownership of which may be acquired, and
which a person holds or exercises as his own.
(2) A person may possess by means of another who holds the
thing or exercises the right in the name of such person.
(3) A person who has the detention or custody of a thing but in
the name of another person, is called a holder.
A person is
presumed to
possess on his own
behalf.
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