Cap. 16 Art. 1233Transactionswhich must be expressed in public deed or private writing.

(1) Saving the cases where the law expressly requires that the instrument be a public deed, the transactions hereunder mentioned shall on pain of nullity be expressed in a public deed or a private writing:

(a) any agreement implying a promise to transfer or acquire, under whatsoever title, the ownership of immovable property, or any other right over such property;

(b) any promise of a loan for consumption or mutuum;

(c) any suretyship;

(d) any compromise;

(e) any lease for a period exceeding two years, in the case of urban tenements, or four years, in the case of rural tenements;

(f) any civil partnership; and

(g) for the purposes of the Promises of Marriage Law, any promise, contract, or agreement therein referred to.

(2) Where, in the case of a private writing, the writing is not signed by each of the parties thereto, it must be attested in the manner prescribed in article 634 of the Code of Organization and

Civil Procedure.