{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1670","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Bodily Injuries or Death","number":"1670","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1670/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Extra-Contractual Liability","section":"Section 4. - Mode and Extent of Compensation","paragraph":"B. - Pecuniary Compensation for Moral Injury"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Equitable compensation may be awarded by way of moral redress to the victim of bodily injuries or, in the event of his death in consequence thereof, to his family.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1670/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":470,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/470/?article=1670&paragraph=p1#article-1670-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of Art. 1663 (3), the Court may, in the case of bodily injuries or death, increase the maximum amount to twenty thousand Nakfas following the same pattern of setting the amount as provided for in Article 1663 (3).","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1670/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":470,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/470/?article=1670&paragraph=p2#article-1670-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"The Minister of Justice may issue Regulations to change from time to time the extent and limits of compensation by way of moral redress in respect of bodily injuries or death.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1670/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":470,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/470/?article=1670&paragraph=p3#article-1670-p3"}]}],"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."}