Examples of using Code of obligations in English and their translations into Spanish
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The same is true of his heirs in the event of his death art. 77 et seq. of the Dahir containing the Code of Obligations and Contracts; Moroccan case law is also well established along these lines.
Under article 85 of the Code of Obligations and Contracts, an official causing injury to another person must compensate the injured party.
On 9 March 2001 the Federal Council instructed theDepartment of Justice and Police to submit for consultation two models of a review of the Code of Obligations C0.
Civil Code and Code of Obligations.
These are“associations” in the narrow civil law sense- other non-commercial associations that cannot acquire legal personality are treated in the same way as simple societies governed by the Code of Obligations.
Under article 366c,paragraph 1(c), of the Code of Obligations, an employer may not cancel a contract of labour at any point during the pregnancy or the 16 weeks following childbirth as of 1 January 1989.
In enterprises not falling within the scope of the Labour Act orto which no special legislation is applicable, article 329 of the Code of Obligations states that an employer must grant one day of rest(generally Sunday) each week.
This article of the Code of Obligations and Contracts, which equates a married woman with an incompetent person and her husband with a legal counsel, has been criticized by certain associations, which have called for its repeal with reference to married women.
It must be added that, if the loss or injury is the result of an act of a public servant or official,article 145 of the Code of Obligations of Public Servants stipulates that the State will be liable for compensation.
Article 12 of Order No. 89-126 introducing the Code of Obligations and Contracts, as amended by Act No. 2001-31 of 7 February 2001, says"legal personality commences at the birth of a living child and ends at death.
Lebanese law accords women, equally with men, full competence to enter into and conclude contracts relating to credit, real estate andthe administration of property article 215 of the Code of Obligations and Contracts.
Dismissal for such reasons constitutes wrongful dismissal under article 336 of the Code of Obligations and opens up the possibility of a claim for compensation of up to six months' wages art. 336a.
Lebanese law does not discriminate between men and women except as to the extent of the loss sustained by each andthe extent of responsibility of each article 122 and 234 of the Code of Obligations and Contracts.
A draft of the new accounting andreporting requirements(arts. 957- 963b of the draft code of obligations) provides for a uniform concept that applies to all legal forms of enterprises of the Swiss civil law.
In 1984, the Foundation for Accounting and Reporting Recommendations was set up by SICATC to improve financial reporting standards,in particular for consolidated financial statements, because the Code of Obligations limits itself to very basic principles.
The relation between foreign female domestic workers andemployer are governed by the Code of Obligations and Contracts, the law regulating foreign labour and the practical provisions supplementary thereto.
All persons involved in audits of separate and consolidated financial statements are held responsible for any harm to the entity and its shareholders through deliberate ornegligent infraction of their duties art. 755 of the Code of Obligations.
The principle of the non-retroactivity of law is guaranteed by article 4 of Order No. 89-126 introducing the Code of Obligations and Contracts, as amended by Act No. 2001-31 of 7 February 2001, which lays down that.
The protection of workers has been improved with the entry into force, on 1 July 1993, of the Data Protection Act(LPD), which was accompanied by anumber of legislative amendments, notably to article 328(b) of the Code of Obligations.
Moroccan legislation comprises a whole range of protective provisions set out in the Code of Obligations and Contracts, the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Civil Procedure and the Act establishing administrative courts.
This legal provision was recently improved upon by three dahirs of 10 December 1993 dahirs amending the Code on Personal Status,the dahir establishing the Code of Obligations and Contracts and the Code of Civil Procedure.
Article 97, paragraph 1, of the Code of Obligations of Switzerland states this principle in even clearer terms: if the creditor does not obtain performance, the debtor is liable to compensate the resulting damage unless it can prove that the failure to perform was not attributable to its own fault.
Concerning the financial rights arising from working in domestic service and given that this category of workers- both Lebanese and non-Lebanese- are not covered by the provisions of the Labour Law, the provisions that apply to them are those of ordinary law,that is, the Code of Obligations and Contracts.
The Code of Obligations and Contracts provides that“any act by a person who, without being authorized by law, knowingly and voluntarily causes material or moral damage to another, shall oblige the perpetrator to compensate for the damage” article 77 of the Dahir containing the Code of Obligations and Contracts.
In accordance with article 15 of the Constitution, women are guaranteed theright to own property. Article 24, paragraph 2, of the Code of Obligations and Contracts recognizes that women have the legal capacity to undertake and assert contractual obligations unless they have been declared legally incompetent art. 24, para. 2.
It is possible, for example, to defend oneself against discrimination on the basis of the principles of good faith and protection of the person embodied in the Swiss Civil Code, or on the prohibition against concluding contracts that are illegal, contrary to morality orin breach of public order, as laid down in the Code of Obligations.
Existing regulations of the Code of Obligations allow victims of violence to request compensation of property and non-property damages(for physical and emotional suffering and fear; cf. Art. 179 of the Code of Obligations- OJ RS No. 97/2007-UPB1) in the form of pecuniary damages.
Although some provisions, which may be used to combat discrimination, were included in different codes, such as the Civil Code and the Code of Obligations, Switzerland should introduce anti-discrimination legislation forbidding all forms of discrimination in employment and other areas and provide for a shared burden of proof.
Separate and consolidated financial statements that are drawn up according to the standards of the Code of Obligations or Swiss GAAP FER must be audited in accordance with the applicable Swiss Auditing Standards art. 2 of the Ordinance on the Supervision of Audit Firms and the circular relating the recognition of auditing standards.
