{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1513","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Contractual Sanctions","number":"1513","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1513/","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":"Where a contract provides that a party may apply certain sanctions, should the other party fail to carry out one of his duties, the Court shall, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, verify whether the agreed sanctions may be applied.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1513/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":426,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/426/?article=1513&paragraph=lead#article-1513-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."}