Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 878

878. (1) The declaration of an heir that he does not intend to assume the status of heir except under the benefit of inventory shall be made in the registry of the court of voluntary jurisdiction of the island in which the deceased resided at the time of his death, or in which the person whose succession is concerned has taken the vows in a monastic order or re ligious corporation of regulars. (2) Where the opening of the succession has taken place in virtue of a judgment declaring that, on account of a long perio d of absence, the person whose su ccession is concerned is to be presumed to have died, the said declaration shall be made by th e heir in the registry of the court of the island in which such judgment shall have been given. Declaration to be preceded or followed by inventory. Cap. 12.