Civil Code of Haiti (first printing, Port-au-Prince, March 1826)
- The code was enacted as thirty-six separate laws passed by the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes on the proposal of the President of Haiti.
- Article 1 of the opening law provides that laws are enforceable throughout the territory of the Republic.
- The structure follows the Napoleonic model: persons, property, the acquisition of property, and prescription.
- This is the code as first enacted in 1826, before the amending law of September 6, 1860 carried by the 1864 printing already in the corpus.
The first printing of the Civil Code of Haiti, from the Imprimerie du Gouvernement at Port-au-Prince, dated March 1826.
The code was enacted as thirty-six separate laws, passed by the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes on the proposal of the President of Haiti and gathered into a single volume. The opening law governs the promulgation, effect and application of laws in general; Article 1 provides that laws are enforceable throughout the territory. The substance follows the architecture of the Napoleonic code, covering persons, property and the different modifications of property, and the ways in which property is acquired, and closing with prescription.
The corpus already holds the 1864 printing, which carries the same text plus the amending law of September 6, 1860. This 1826 edition is the code as first enacted, and is the reference for any question about the original wording.
How to cite
Imprimerie du Gouvernement, Civil Code of Haiti (first printing, Port-au-Prince, March 1826), https://archive.org/details/codecivildhati00hait
- Rights holder
- Government of Haiti