Text of the provision
Art. 2269. The principles upon which the preceding transitional provisions are based shall, by analogy, be applied to cases not specifically regulated by them. (Rule 13a)
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
Closing the transitional provisions on the 1950 changeover from the Civil Code of 1889 to this Code: the principles underlying those preceding transitional provisions apply by analogy to cases not specifically regulated by them.
Codifications inevitably leave gaps, since no set of transitional rules can anticipate every situation created by the shift from the old Civil Code of 1889 to this Code. Rather than leaving those gaps unresolved, Article 2269 directs that the reasoning underlying the specific transitional articles be extended by analogy to comparable situations they do not expressly cover. This is a common technique in codified legal systems: instead of inventing a new rule from nothing, the interpreter looks to the closest governed situation and applies its underlying rationale, keeping outcomes consistent with the transitional scheme as a whole rather than filling gaps arbitrarily.
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Related provisions
- Article 2268 — Pending Suits Between Family Members.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.