Cap. 16 Art. 1701Applicability of ss.1696 to 1700.

(1) The provisions of articles 1696 to 1700 shall also apply to any other yearly payment in perpetuity constituted under any title, even if by a will or donation, saving the provisions relating to emphyteusis.

(2) They shall also apply to annuities or other yearly payments constituted before the 11th February, 1870: Provided that the redemption of an annuity or other yearly payment lawfully constituted, whether before or after the 11th February, 1870, for the purpose of creating an ecclesiastical benefice or a sacred patrimony, or of being employed for pious uses, cannot be effected without the consent of the competent ecclesiastical authority.