Occupation

Question 1

What things can be subject for occupation?

Answer 1

Things appropriable by nature which are without an owner, such as animals that are the object of hunting and fishing, hidden treasure and abandoned movables, are acquired by occupation.

Question 2

What are the rules regarding the following:
(a) Ownership of a piece of land
(b) Right to hunt and fish
(c) Abandoned movables

Answer 2

(a) Ownership of a piece of land cannot be acquired by occupation.

(b) The right to hunt and fish is regulated by special laws.

(c) If a person finds an abandoned movable, he must return it to its previous possessor. If the latter is unknown, the finder must deposit it with the mayor where he found it.

The finding will be publicly announced by the mayor for two consecutive weeks, and if the movable cannot be kept without deterioration, it must be sold at a public auction eight days after publication.

If six months have elapsed without the owner claiming the movable, the same will be awarded to the finder.

If owner appears in time, he shall be obliged to pay the finder one tenth of the value of the thing as a reward.