Title I — Persons
This title governs the legal status, capacity, and civil attributes of natural persons.
Chapter 1 — Natural Persons
| Article | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 1 | Legal Personality of Natural Persons | Every living human being possesses legal personality from the moment of live birth until death. |
| Art. 2 | Capacity | Every natural person has, from birth, passive capacity: the capacity to hold rights and bear obligations. |
| Art. 3 | Name | Every person has the right to a name. The name is an attribute of personality and is protected by law. |
| Art. 4 | Domicile | The domicile of a national is the place that the person declares as their principal residence and registers with the civil status authorities. |
Chapter 2 — Nationality and Civil Status
| Article | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 5 | Civil Effects of Nationality | Nationality of Kaharagia, as established under the Fundamental Laws, is the juridical bond between a person and the State that gives rise to civil rights and obligations under this Code. |
| Art. 6 | Registered Partnerships | Two persons who do not wish to marry, or who are unable to marry under this Code, may enter into a registered partnership by filing a joint declaration with the Royal Chancellery. |
| Art. 7 | Registration of Civil Status Events | The following events in the life of a national shall be registered in the civil status registers established under the Fundamental Laws:. |
| Art. 8 | Proof of Civil Status | Civil status is proved by certified extracts or copies from the civil status registers. A certified extract is conclusive evidence of its contents for the purposes of Kaharagian law, subject to the right of correction or annulment. |
Chapter 3 — Minority, Majority, and Emancipation
| Article | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 9 | Age of Majority | The age of majority is eighteen years; Upon attaining the age of majority, a person acquires full capacity to perform all juridical acts and to exercise all civil rights, unless subject to a restriction imposed by law or a judicial declaration of... |
| Art. 10 | Minority and Parental Authority | A person who has not attained the age of majority is a minor. |
| Art. 11 | Emancipation | A minor who has attained the age of sixteen may be emancipated by:. |
Chapter 4 — Incapacity and Protective Measures
| Article | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 12 | Grounds for Incapacity | A person of full age may be declared incapable of managing their own affairs, in whole or in part, where they suffer from:. |
| Art. 13 | Guardianship and Curatorship | A person declared totally incapable shall be placed under guardianship. The guardian represents the incapable person in all civil acts and administers their property. |
| Art. 14 | Effects of Incapacity on Juridical Acts | Juridical acts performed by a person declared totally incapable without representation by their guardian are void. However:. |
| Art. 15 | Advance Directives | Any person of full age and full capacity may execute an advance directive in which they:. |
Chapter 5 — Absence and Presumption of Death
| Article | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 16 | Declaration of Absence | Where a person has disappeared from their domicile or last known residence and no reliable information of their existence has been received for a continuous period of one year, any interested party or a public officer designated by law may apply... |
| Art. 17 | Administration of the Absentee's Estate | Upon a declaration of absence, the competent authority shall appoint an administrator to manage the property and affairs of the absentee. |
| Art. 18 | Presumption of Death | Where a person has been declared absent and a further period of five years has elapsed without reliable information of their existence, any interested party or a public officer may apply to a competent authority for a decree of presumed death. |