Cap. 16 Art. 1366Contracts of sale between spouses.

A contract of sale between spouses is null, except in the following cases:

(a) when the spouse assigns property to the other spouse in payment of a sum owed to that spouse in respect of a dowry;

(b) when the object of the sale or assignment which one of the spouses makes to the other is the payment of a debt due to the buyer or assignee, or the investment of money belonging to such buyer or assignee:

Provided that where in the cases aforesaid any indirect advantage results to either of the spouses, it shall be lawful for the heirs of the other spouse, or for any other person interested, to demand that the contract be rescinded pro tanto.