Text of the provision
Art. 1363. When one party was mistaken and the other knew or believed that the instrument did not state their real agreement, but concealed that fact from the former, the instrument may be reformed.
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
When one party was mistaken and the other knew the instrument did not state the real agreement but concealed it, the instrument may be reformed.
Related provisions
- Article 1362 — Reformation: Mistake of One, Fraud of the Other.
- Article 1364 — Reformation for Drafting Error.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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