Text of the provision
Art. 678. No person shall build any aqueduct, well, sewer, furnace, forge, chimney, stable, depository of corrosive substances, machinery, or factory which by reason of its nature or products is dangerous or noxious, without observing the distances prescribed by the regulations and customs of the place, and without making the necessary protective works, subject, in regard to the manner thereof, to the conditions prescribed by such regulations. These prohibitions cannot be altered or renounced by stipulation on the part of the adjoining proprietors. In the absence of regulations, such precautions shall be taken as may be considered necessary, in order to avoid any damage to the neighboring lands or tenements.
(590a)
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
Structures and installations that are dangerous or noxious by their nature or products — aqueducts, wells, sewers, furnaces, forges, chimneys, stables, stores of corrosive substances, machinery, factories — must observe the distances fixed by local regulations and customs and include the necessary protective works. These prohibitions cannot be waived or altered by agreement between neighboring owners, and where no regulation exists, whatever precautions are necessary to avoid damage must be taken.
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