Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 712

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712. (1) A condition prohibiting a first or a subsequent marriage shall be considered a s if it had not been attached. (2) Nevertheless, where a leg a c y c o n s i s t i n g i n a r i g h t o f usufruct, use, or habitation, or in a pension or other periodic al payment, is contingent on the legatee remaining, and limited to the 186 [CAP. 16. CIVIL CODE period during which he or she remains a bachelor or spinster, o r a widower or widow, the legatee shall be entitled to enjoy the le gacy only as long as he or she shall remain a bachelor or spinster, or a widower or widow. (3) A condition in restraint o f remarriage, attached to a testamentary disposition by one of the spouses in favour of the other, shall be valid. Condition restraining heir from availing himself of benefit of inventory.

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