Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 535
535. (1) Where any person is by violence or clandestinely
despoiled of the possession, of whatever kind, or of the detent ion of
a movable or an immovable thing, he may, within two months from
the spoliation, bring an action ag ainst the author thereof dema nding
that he be reinstated in his pos session or retention, as provid ed in
article 791 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure .
(2) Such reinstatement shall be ordered by the court even
though the defendant be the owner of the thing of which the
plaintiff has been despoiled.
Restoration of
possession does
not bar other
possessory actions.
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