Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 559Ownerofthinglost or stolen may recover it.
Sub-title III
(1) It shall, nevertheless, be lawful for any person who has lost a thing, or has been robbed thereof, to recover it on indemnifying the possessor.
(2) Such person may even recover the thing without any obligation to indemnify the possessor if the latter has not obtained the thing in good faith, under an onerous title, from a party who was presumably the owner thereof or a person charged by the owner to dispose of it.