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Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Cap. 16 Art. 535Action for restoration of possession in case of spoliation. Cap. 12.

Sub-title II

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(1) Where any person is by violence or clandestinely despoiled of the possession, of whatever kind, or of the detention of a movable or an immovable thing, he may, within two months from the spoliation, bring an action against the author thereof demanding that he be reinstated in his possession or retention, as provided in article 791 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.

(2) Such reinstatement shall be ordered by the court even though the defendant be the owner of the thing of which the plaintiff has been despoiled.