{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1508","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Penal Clause","number":"1508","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1508/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 8. - Non-Performance","section":"Section 4. - Damages","paragraph":"Paragraph 2. - Penal Clauses"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Any stipulation which provides that a debtor, should he fail in the performance of his obligation, must pay a sum of money or perform another prestation, is considered to be a penalty, irrespective of whether this is to compensate for injury or only to induce performance.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1508/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":425,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/425/?article=1508&paragraph=lead#article-1508-lead"}]}],"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."}