Practice question
In a Civil Code transition case, a right is stipulated to have been declared for the first time by that Code and to impair no vested or acquired right of the same origin. Its originating event occurred under prior legislation. Does that event date alone exclude2253’s new-right clause?
- No; the clause expressly contemplates an earlier originating event
- Yes, the clause forbids every earlier event
- Yes, every first-declared right is postponed forever
- Yes, only the old title of the legislation matters
- Yes, the Code has no transition provisions
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2252–2254, Civil Code transition.
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Article256, Family Code retroactivity.
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