Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 157
Presumption of Death
(1)
When ten years have elapsed since the date of the last news of the absentee, established by the judgment of declaration of absence, the proof that the absentee did not die on the day of the last news may no longer be made " except by the absentee himself or by his special attorney " appointed after the date of the judgment declaring the absence.
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The persons who have been placed in possession of the property of the absentee may henceforth act as having the right which has justified their being placed in possession.
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