Decree-Law No. 31-A/99 approving the Civil Code of Cape Verde. Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Legislation Date 1966 (1999) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial Serie 1, No. 31, Supplement, 30 August 1999. Subject Land & soil, Water, General Keyword Inheritance Contract/agreement Ownership Agricultural land Urban land Land tenure Drainage/land reclamation Property rights Servitude Transfer Lease Expropriation Private land Public land Prescription/adverse possession Water rights Community management Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Abstract The Civil Code of Cape Verde was approved by Decree-Law No. 47.344 of 25 November 1966 and extended to the then Overseas Provinces by Order No. 22.869 of 4 of September 1967. This final version of the Code approved by Decree-Law No. 31-A/99 was fully reconstituted and reprinted. The text of the Civil Code consists of the following five Books, each of them divided into separate Titles and Chapters: General - Laws, their interpretation and application (Book I); Right of duties (Book II); Right of Ownership (Book III); Right of Family (Book IV); Right of Succession (Book V). Full text Portuguese Website portondinosilhas.gov.cv; https