Civil Code of the Philippines. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 1949 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Mineral resources, Water, General Keyword Contract/agreement Enforcement/compliance Agricultural land Urban land Common property Inheritance Land tenure Lease Liability/compensation Ownership Prescription/adverse possession Private land Property rights Public land Right of use Servitude Use restrictions Minerals Flood Groundwater Inland waters Rainwater Registration Sewerage Surface water Water abstraction Freshwater resources management Water rights Water supply Waterworks Well sinking/boreholes Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The Civil Code of the Philippines is a comprehensive legal code that governs various aspects of civil law in the Philippines. The Civil Code was enacted in 1949 and covers the following: Persons (Book I); Property, ownership and its modifications (Book II); Different manners of acquiring ownership (Book III); Obligations and contracts (Book IV). Full text English Website www.icnl.org