Civil code
老挝民法典
ປະມວນກົດໝາຍແພ່ງ
Summary
This Law prescribes the fundamental rules governing civil legal relations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, encompassing the legal capacity and capacity to act of natural persons and juridical persons, as well as core institutions such as property rights, obligations, contracts, and tort liability. This Law applies to personal and property relations between equal subjects within the territory of Laos, and is intended to establish the basic principles of civil activities, protect the lawful rights and interests of parties, and safeguard transactional security and the socio-economic order.
Articles
Article 1
Article 1
Purpose
This Civil Code defines principles, regulations and measures related to
establishment, variation and termination of rights and obligations of individuals, juristic
persons and organisations in order to ensure equality, justice, legality, peacefulness and
social orders by aiming at the protection of rights and the legitimated interests of
individuals, juristic persons, organisations, State and collectives; contributing to
respond the needs of tangible and intangible materials of citizens; maintaining of the
unity of all Lao ethnics and fine national customary practices, and strengthening the
social-economic development.
Article 2
Article 2
Civil Code
The Civil Code refers to a systematic code combining with several provisions
of laws related to establishment, variations, cessation of rights and obligations of
individuals, juristic persons, organisations in the civil relationships that relate to things,
ownerships, family, contracts and non-contractual obligations, inheritance and other
civil relationships.
Article 3
Article 3
Definition of Terms
Terms using in this Civil Code shall have the following meanings:
1. Civil relationship refers to the property’s valued and non-valued relationship
between individuals, a juristic persons and organisations.
2. Emergency refers to a situation that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly such as
suddenly and seriously feeling sick, a coincidence causing a debtor is unable to
perform his/her obligations.
3. Force majeure refers to an unexpected and uncontrolled event, such as flood,
thunderstorm, earthquake, a war causing a debtor is unable to perform his/her
obligations .
4. Compensation for Damage refers to an amount of money or things paid by a
liable person to compensate others for damages caused by such person.
5. Commission refers to an amount of money or things paid by a liable person to
compensate the considered earnings or time loss of the victims;
6. Reimbursement refers to an amount of money paid by the debtor to
compensate the creditor for damages occurred due to the non-performance of
obligations by that debtor;
7. Compensation for Mental Anguish refers to an amount of money that the
victim or victim’s family is entitled to be compensated due to their mental
anguish [ suffering that may include distress, anxiety, fright, depression, grief,
or trauma] or mental impact of death of their family members;
8. Creditor refers to a person who is entitled to claim the debtor to perform any
obligations;
9. Debtor refers to a person who is obligated to perform any task, such as to
deliver a thing, to carry out any activities, payment and others or not to do any
things for the benefit of the creditor;
10. Juristic Act refers to a civil juristic act.
11. Unavoidable Circumstance refers to a needed act of an individual that is
suitable to prevent the risks or the dangers threatening the interests of the State
or other persons, providing that damage resulting from such act shall be less
serious damage than the damage could be occurred from such risk or danger;
12. Solliciter refers to a person request or demand another person who is under
administration of that solliciter to conduct his/her instructions or suggestions;
13. Claim refers to a rights of a person to require another person to perform his/her
contractual obligations or laws.
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