Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 1130When debtor is in default.
Sub-title IV
(1) Where the obligation is to give or to do, and a time is fixed in the agreement, the debtor is in default by the mere lapse of such time, saving, as regards the payment of interest under article 1141, the provisions of that article.
(2) If no time is fixed in the agreement, or if the time expires after the death of the debtor, the debtor or his heir is not put in default except by an intimation by a judicial act.