An Act Fixing the Minimum Indemnity in All Cases of Civil Liability for the Death of a Person at Two Thousand Pesos.

[ Commonwealth Act No. 284, June 03, 1938 ]

AN ACT FIXING THE MINIMUM INDEMNITY IN ALL CASES OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE DEATH OF A PERSON AT TWO THOUSAND PESOS.(awÞhi(

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Section 1.The civil liability for the death of a person shall be fixed by the competent court at a reasonable sum, upon consideration of the pecuniary situation of the party liable and other circumstances; but it shall in no case be less than two thousand pesos

Section 2.This Act shall take effect on its approval

Approved, June 3, 1938.