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Article 1424

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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When a right to sue upon a civil obligation has lapsed by extinctive prescription, the debtor who voluntarily performs the contract cannot recover what he has delivered or the value of the service he has rendered.

Official text — RA 386

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