Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 991Where consideration is unlawful in regard to obligee or to both the obligor and the obligee.
Sub-title I
(1) Where the consideration for which a thing has been promised is unlawful only in regard to the obligee, any thing which may have been given for the performance of the contract, may be recovered.
(2) If the consideration is unlawful in regard to both contracting parties neither of them, unless he is a minor, may recover the thing which he may have given to the other party, saving the provision of article 1716.
§ II. OF THE EFFECTS OF CONTRACTS