Cap. 16 Art. 180Limitation of powers of tutor.

(1) It shall not be lawful for the tutor, without the authority of the court, to collect or transfer any capital belonging to the minor, take money on loan except in case of urgency, accept or renounce any inheritance, accept any donation or legacy subject to any burden, refer any matter to arbitration or effect any compromise, or alienate, hypothecate, or make any emphyteutical grant of immovable property, or let out property for a time exceeding eight years, in the case of rural property, or four years, in the case of urban property, or the ordinary time according to usage, in the case of movables.

(2) Upon a demand for authority to accept an inheritance, the court may, according to circumstances, allow the tutor to produce in lieu of the inventory prescribed in article 848, a note describing the property comprised in the inheritance which shall be verified on oath by the tutor.

(3) Where a lease has been granted for a longer time than that stated in sub-article (1) of this article, it shall be reduced to the time therein respectively stated, to be reckoned from the date of the contract.

(4) The court may, in the decree appointing a tutor or by a subsequent decree, grant such tutor a general authority in respect of all, or any of the said acts.