Civil Code TITLE II CAPACITY OF PERSONS Chapter 1. General Principles

TITLE II CAPACITY OF PERSONS

Chapter 1. General Principles

Art. 192.- Rule of capacity.

 

Every physical person  is capable of performing  all the acts of civil life unless he is declared incapable by the law.

 

Art. 193.- General disabilities.

 

General disabilities depend on the age or mental condition of persons or on sentences passed upon them.

 

Art. 194.- Special disabilities.

 

(1)    Special disabilities may be prescribed by reason of the nationality of persons or of the functions exercised by them.

(2)    They shall be as provided by Chapter 5 of this Title (Arts. 389-393)  and by special laws.

 

Art. 195.- Voluntary restrictions.

 

(1)    No person may renounce, even partially, the enjoyment or the exercise of civil rights.

(2)    Any voluntary restriction imposed on the enjoyment or on the exercise of such rights shall be of no effect unless it is justified by a lawful interest.

 

Art. 196.- Proof of disability.

 

(1)    Capacity is presumed.

(2)    Any person who alleges the disability of a physical person shall prove that such person is under a disability.

 

Art. 197.- Bodies corporate and property with a specific destination.

 

The capacity of bodies corporate and property with a specific destination shall be regulated, according to their nature, by the provisions applicable to them,

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