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1
Q

State Article 5 of the Civil Code of the Philippines?

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Acts executed against the provisions of mandatory or prohibitory laws shall be void, except when the law itself authorizes their validity.

2
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What are the exceptions to the acts violating the mandatory or prohibitory laws which are void?

A

(1) When law authorizes their validity
(2) When law makes the act only voidable and not void
(3) When law makes the act valid but punishes the violator

3
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What is mandatory law?

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It is a law which prescribes some element as a requirement.

4
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What is prohibitory law?

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It is a law which forbids something.