Text of the provision
Art. 504. The use of public waters is acquired:
(1) By administrative concession;
(2) By prescription for ten years. The extent of the rights and obligations of the use shall be that established, in the first case, by the terms of the concession, and, in the second case, by the manner and form in which the waters have been used.
(409a)
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 right to use public waters is obtained in only two ways: by an administrative concession, or by prescription for ten years. Where the right comes from a concession, its scope is whatever the concession says; where it comes from prescription, its scope is the manner and form in which the water was actually used.
Related provisions
- Article 503 — Waters Of Private Ownership.
- Article 505 — Concessions Without Prejudice To Third Persons.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.