{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1631","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Exemption from Liability","number":"1631","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1631/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Extra-Contractual Liability","section":"Section 2. - Liability Irrespective of Fault","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The persons legally answerable in the case of the creation of an abnormal risk, or for injury caused by animals, buildings, machines, motor vehicles or manufactured goods, cannot relieve themselves of their liability to the victim by proving that they have committed no fault, or that the cause of the injury remains unknown, or that it was not within their power to prevent the injury, or that the injury was caused by the fault of a third person.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1631/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":460,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/460/?article=1631&paragraph=p1#article-1631-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"They are relieved of their liability, wholly or partly, only where the injury is caused solely or partly by the fault of the victim.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1631/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":460,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/460/?article=1631&paragraph=p2#article-1631-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."}