{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1606","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Effect of Penal on Civil Action","number":"1606","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1606/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Extra-Contractual Liability","section":"Section 1. - Liability Based On Fault.","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - General Rules"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"In deciding whether a fault has been committed, the Court is not bound by an acquittal or discharge pronounced under the penal law.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1606/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":451,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/451/?article=1606&paragraph=lead#article-1606-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}