Section
2
Concerning
Movable Property
Article
19 - Articles which it is possible to transport from place, without causing
damage either
to the articles themselves or to their emplacements, are considered movable.
Article
20 - All debts arising out of loans, or the price of things sold, or the rent
of things leased
shall, for purposes of competency of courts, be considered movable, even if the thing
sold or rented is itself immovable
Article
21 - Ships, large and small, boats, mills, and bathhouses, plying on or
situated rivers
or seas, and capable of movement and a II work places which, in view of the manner
of their construction do not form part of a permanent building, shall be
accounted movable,
but the attachment of certain of the above - mentioned may, in view of their importance,
be carried out in accordance with special arrangements
Article
22- Building materials such as stone, bricks, etc. which have been prepared for use
or because of some defect have become separated from the building, so long as
they have
not been embodied in the building, shall be considered movable.
Section
3
Concerning
Property Which Has No Private Owner
Article
23- The use of a property which has no private owner shall be determined in accordance
with the relevant laws.
Article
24- No one shall take possession of common roads and highways, nor of streets which
have no thoroughfare.
Article
25- No one may take possession of property which serves the common good and which
has no private owner, such as bridges, caravanserais, pubic reservoirs, ancient schools
and public open places. And the same applies to the qanats and wells of which their
use is public.
Article
26-Government property which is subject to public service and welfare such as fortifications,
fortresses, moats, military earthworks, arsenals, weapons, stores, warships and
similarly the furniture and buildings of the Government buildings and telegraph wires,
museums, public libraries, historical monuments and similar objects, in brief whatever
property movable or immovable is in use by the Government for the service of the
.public or the profit of the state, may not privately be owned. And the same
provisions shall
apply to property which shall have been appropriated for the public service of
a province,
city or a region or a town.
Article
27 - The properties which are not privately owned and which private individuals, in
accordance with the regulations contained in this law and the especial laws
dealing with
each particular category, are allowed to take into their possession and
exploit, shall be
termed “mobahat” and under this heading shall come waste lands, that is to say,
lands which
have fallen into disuse and on which are neither habitations nor cultivation.
Article
28 - Property of unknown ownership shall be the needs of the poor, subject to
the judge’s
permission or that of a person authorized by him.
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