{"title":"Article 17","subject":"Civil Law","provision":"The forms and solemnities of contracts, wills, and other public instruments shall be governed by the law of the country in which they are executed\n\nWhen the acts referred to are executed before the diplomatic or consular officials of the republic of the Philippines in a foreign country, the solemnities established by the Philippine laws shall be observed in their execution\n\nProhibitive laws concerning persons, their acts or property, and those which have for their object public order, public policy and good customs shall not be rendered ineffective by laws or judgements promulgated, or by determinations or conventions agreed upon in a foreign country","type":"","jurisprudence":"tbd"}