Commonwealth Act No. 284 (CA 284) — An Act Fixing the Minimum Indemnity in All Cases of Civil Liability for the Death of a Person at Two Thousand Pesos.

Commonwealth Act No. 284 · Commonwealth Act · Approved June 3, 1938 · 2 sections

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Section 1

SECTION 1. The civil liability for the death of a person shall be fixed by the competent court at a reasonable sum, upon consideration of the pecuniary situation of the party liable and other circumstances; but it shall in no case be less than two thousand pesos

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval Approved, June 3, 1938.

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