{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1577","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Principle of Delegation","number":"1577","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1577/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 10. - Third Parties In Relation to Contract","section":"Section 5. - Delegation","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A debtor may with the consent of the creditor, or without such consent in cases provided for by law or usage, delegate to another the performance of his obligations.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1577/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":444,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/444/?article=1577&paragraph=lead#article-1577-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."}