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Chapter 1. - Suretyship

Art. 2450Principle
Art. 2451Consent of Debtor
Art. 2452Form
Art. 2453Principal Obligation Void
Art. 2454Limits of a Suretyship
Art. 2455Future or Conditional Obligations
Art. 2456Extinction of Primary Obligation
Art. 2457Substituted Performance
Art. 2458Variation of Primary Obligation
Art. 2459Prescription
Art. 2460Interest
Art. 2461Legal Costs
Art. 2462Exigibility of the Obligation
Art. 2463Joint Suretyship
Art. 2464Simple Suretyship
Art. 2465Benefit of Discussion
Art. 2466Assets to be Discussed
Art. 2467Failure to Proceed
Art. 2468Summons to Proceed
Art. 2469Tender of Payment
Art. 2470Surety’s Indemnity Claim
Art. 2471Damages
Art. 2472Lapse of Indemnity Claim
Art. 2473Second Payment
Art. 2474Subrogation
Art. 2475Duties of Creditor
Art. 2476Impossibility of Subrogation
Art. 2477Debtor’s Bankruptcy
Art. 2478Securities Due to Surety
Art. 2479Counter-Surety
Art. 2480Secondary Surety
Art. 2481Plurality of Sureties

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 2459

Prescription

Proceedings instituted against the principal debtor shall interrupt the period of prescription as regards the surety.

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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.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 683

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