Text of the provision
Art. 648. The establishment, extent, form and conditions of the servitudes of waters, to which this section refers, shall be governed by the special laws relating thereto insofar as no provision therefor is made in this Code.
(563a)
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 establishment, extent, form and conditions of the servitudes of waters are governed by the special laws relating to them insofar as no provision is made in this Code.
Like several other provisions in this Title, this article defers to specialized legislation on a technical subject, applying the Code's own rules only as a gap-filler. Water servitudes covered by this section — their establishment, extent, form, and conditions — are worked out first by reference to the special laws that address waters specifically, and the Code's provisions come into play only insofar as those special laws leave a particular point unaddressed, keeping detailed technical regulation of water use outside the Code's general framework.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 647 — Stop Locks and Sluice Gates.
- Article 649 — The Compulsory Right of Way.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.