Skip to content

Explore ⌕

Chapter 2. - Name

Art. 31Principle
Art. 32Assumption of Name
Art. 33Choice of First Name - 1. Principle
Art. 342. Representative of the Family
Art. 35Declaration to the Civil Status
Art. 36Forbidden First Name
Art. 37Unknown Filiation
Art. 38Name of Adopted Child
Art. 39Change of Name
Art. 40Agreements Relating to Name
Art. 41Illegal Use of a Name

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 36

Forbidden First Name

A child may not receive the first name of one of his brothers or sisters who are alive.

← Article 35 Article 37 →

View source page

About this text

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: 28

View repository copy →View first source page →Open complete PDF →

Also held by

These repositories hold copies compared with the edition used here. Eri Atlas keeps one copy for its page links.

WIPO LexPage images and text matched the reading copy→

Eri Atlas is an independent legal-information project. It is not a government service.

Browse the legal library →