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Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Cap. 16 Art. 438Branches of trees overhanging adjoining tenement.

Sub-title I

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(1) A person over whose tenement the branches of the neighbour’s trees extend, may compel him to cut such branches, and may gather the fruits hanging from them.

(2) Moreover, if the roots extend into his tenement, he may cut them off himself.