If an obligation is extinguished either wholly or in part through a set-off, then the creditor, who is aware of the fact causing the extinction is bound on request to provide the other party at the latter’s expense with a document in proof of that fact, unless something different results from contract, custom or equity.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1534
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If the creditor possesses documentary evidence relating to the debt, then the debtor may, in addition, require the surrender thereof unless the creditor has a reasonable interest in keeping the said evidence and the necessary endorsement is placed thereon.