Dutch Legislation

Title 2

in force

Juridical acts

Civil Code — Book 3 (property law, general part) (Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 3) · Articles: 28

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Juridical acts

3:32 Article 3:32

Every natural person is capable of performing juridical acts, insofar as the law does not provide otherwise.

3:33 Article 3:33

A juridical act requires an intention to produce a legal effect, which intention has manifested itself by a declaration.

3:34 Article 3:34

If a person whose mental faculties are permanently or temporarily disturbed has made a declaration, a will corresponding to that declaration is…

3:35 Article 3:35

Against a person who has interpreted another's declaration or conduct, in accordance with the meaning which he could reasonably attribute to it under…

3:36 Article 3:36

Against a person who, as a third party, based on a statement or conduct, in accordance with the meaning which he could reasonably attribute thereto…

3:37 Article 3:37

Unless otherwise provided, statements, including communications, may be made in any form, and they may be implied in one or more conducts.

3:38 Article 3:38

Unless otherwise provided by law or resulting from the nature of the juridical act, a juridical act may be performed subject to a time limit or a…

3:39 Article 3:39

Unless otherwise provided by law, juridical acts that have not been performed in the prescribed form are void.

3:40 Article 3:40

A juridical act which by its content or purport is contrary to good morals or public order is void.

3:41 Article 3:41

If a ground of nullity affects only a part of a juridical act, the act remains in force for the remainder, insofar as this, in view of the content…

3:42 Article 3:42

If the purport of a void juridical act corresponds to such an extent with that of another juridical act which is to be regarded as valid, that it…

3:43 Article 3:43

Legal acts which, whether directly or through intermediaries, are intended for the acquisition by:

3:44 Article 3:44

A juridical act is voidable when it has come into existence through threat, through fraud or through abuse of circumstances.

3:45 Article 3:45

If a debtor, when performing a non-obligatory juridical act, knew or ought to have known that it would result in prejudice to the possibilities of…

3:46 Article 3:46

If the juridical act by which one or more creditors have been prejudiced was performed within one year prior to the invocation of the ground for…

3:47 Article 3:47

In the event of prejudice caused by a juridical act performed for no consideration, which the debtor has performed within one year prior to the…

3:48 Article 3:48

A debtor within the meaning of the three preceding articles includes a person against whose property recourse may be had for the debt of another.

3:49 Article 3:49

A voidable juridical act is annulled either by an extrajudicial declaration or by a judicial decision.

3:50 Article 3:50

An extrajudicial declaration which annuls a juridical act is addressed, by the person in whose interest the ground for annulment exists, to those who…

3:51 Article 3:51

A judicial decision annuls a juridical act by accepting a reliance in court on a ground for annulment.

3:52 Article 3:52

Legal actions for the annulment of a juridical act shall be barred by prescription:

3:53 Article 3:53

The annulment shall have retroactive effect to the time when the juridical act was performed.

3:54 Article 3:54

The power to invoke abuse of circumstances in order to annul a multilateral juridical act shall lapse when the other party proposes, in a timely…

3:55 Article 3:55

The power to invoke a ground for annulment in order to annul a juridical act shall lapse when the person to whom this power belongs has confirmed the…

3:56 Article 3:56

For the purpose of the application of Articles 50-55, the following shall also be considered a party:

3:57 Article 3:57

If a juridical act requires approval, authorisation, a permit or any other form of consent from a government body or from another person who is not a…

3:58 Article 3:58

When a statutory requirement for the validity of a juridical act is fulfilled only after that act has been performed, but all persons directly…

3:59 Article 3:59

Outside the field of property law, the provisions of this Title shall apply mutatis mutandis, insofar as the nature of the juridical act or of the…