All deeds that it is necessary to reconstitute following a disaster or acts of war, as well as all procedural formalities having this reconstitution as their object, are, subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, exempt from registration duties and, dispensed, where applicable, from the formality unless, as far as reconstituted deeds are concerned, the duties applicable to the original deed have not been paid.
No registration penalty may be claimed on documents produced in connection with the application of the aforementioned law of 15 December 1923, as amended by the law of 6 February 1941.
The foregoing provisions do not apply to documents destroyed as a result of a disaster at a public or ministerial officer’s office.