Text of the provision
Art. 1115. The provisions of the present Title are understood to be without prejudice to what in this Code or in special laws is established with respect to specific cases of prescription.
(1938)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
The provisions of this Title are understood to be without prejudice to what is determined in this Code and in special laws regarding specific cases of prescription.
Title V lays down the general framework for prescription, but this article confirms that more specific rules elsewhere take precedence over it. Where the Civil Code itself, or a special law, fixes a particular period or condition for a specific kind of claim, that specific rule controls rather than the general provisions of this Title. The general rules remain useful as a default and as an interpretive backdrop, filling gaps the more specific provisions leave unaddressed, but they never override a rule written specifically for the situation at hand.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1114 — Creditors May Invoke Prescription.
- Article 1116 — Prescription Already Running in 1950.
Cases citing this article
- Eugenio G. Palileo, et al. vs. National Irrigation Administration, G.R. No. 148574, October 11, 2005 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Sps. Cesar A. Larrobis, Jr., et al. vs. Philippine Veterans Bank, G.R. No. 135706, October 1, 2004 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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