Legal Periods Flashcards
Article 13 New Civil Code
When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of three hundred sixty-five days each; months of thirty days; days, of twenty-four hours; and nights, from sunset to sunrise.
If months are designated by their name, they shall be computed by the number of days which they respectively have.
In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded, and the last day shall be included.
When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of ______; months of _______; days, of _______; and nights, from _______.
When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of three hundred sixty-five days each; months of thirty days; days, of twenty-four hours; and nights, from sunset to sunrise.
According to the new Civil Code, how many days are there in a year?
According to the new Civil Code, a year has three hundred sixty-five (365) days. Article 13 of the New Civil Code states “When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of three hundred sixty-five days each; months of thirty days; days of twenty-four hours; and nights, from sunset to sunrise.
If months are designated by their name, they shall be computed by the _________.
If months are designated by their name, they shall be computed by the number of days which they respectively have.
In computing a period, the ____ shall be ______, and the _____ shall be _______.
In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded, and the last day shall be included.
True or False. In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded and the last day included.
False. In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded and the last day included.
True or False. Months have thirty-one days.
False. When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of three hundred sixty-five days each; months, of thirty days; days of twenty-four hours; and nights from sunset to sunrise.
Crisostomo received the court’s decision denying his appeal for having lapsed the reglementary period. However, according to Crisostomo, he only received it on June 8 at 3:00 pm, so the first day should commence on June 9 at 3:00pm and the last day should terminate on June 24 at 3:00 pm. Is his computation valid or not?
No, Crisostomo’s computation is invalid. According to Article 13 (3) of the Civil Code “In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded, and the last day included.” In applying this rule, the Court in the case of Amigos vs Court of Appeals, considered the day as synonymous with the date. Thus, June 9 shall be counted as the first day, and not June 9 3:00pm to June 10 3:00 pm.
