{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1915","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Limitations on Alienation","number":"1915","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1915/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AND OTHER RIGHTS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Gifts","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A limitation on the right of the donee to alienate a thing given to him is effective only if it is temporary and justified by a serious and legitimate interest of the donor.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1915/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":537,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/537/?article=1915&paragraph=p1#article-1915-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In any event, a Court may authorize a donee to alienate the thing if the interest justifying the limitation has disappeared or that interest is outweighed by a more serious interest.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1915/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":537,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/537/?article=1915&paragraph=p2#article-1915-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."}