Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 535

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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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