Practice question
A general Civil Code business lease expressly prohibits subletting. No waiver or special rule intervenes. The lessee invokes 1650 alone to sublet anyway. Which is correct?
- The prohibition must always be ignored.
- Only a public auction can establish a sublease.
- Every business lease is a donation.
- The express prohibition defeats that default-permission premise.
- The sublessee becomes the owner automatically.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles1649-1652,1663-1668,1870-1875,1890-1893 and1921-1932: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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