{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:139","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Probative Value","number":"139","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/139/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I - PERSONS","title":"TITLE I - NATURAL PERSONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Proof of Civil Status","section":"Section 7. - Acts of Notoriety","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The Court shall determine freely the value attached to acts of notoriety taking into consideration the date and the circumstances in which they have been drawn up. The Court may take such steps as are necessary to verify the particulars contained in the act.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/139/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":54,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/54/?article=139&paragraph=p1#article-139-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"An act of notoriety approved by the Court, shall have the same effect as a record of civil status.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/139/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":54,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/54/?article=139&paragraph=p2#article-139-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}