Chapter IV: The reconstitution of destroyed documents.

An application for the reconstitution of the original of an authentic or private deed destroyed, in any place, as a result of acts of war or disasters shall be brought before the judicial court.

The competent court is that of the place where the deed was drawn up or, if the deed was drawn up abroad, that of the place where the claimant lives; if the claimant lives abroad, the Paris judicial court.

The reconstruction of a court decision is carried out by the court that issued it.

The claim is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters.

The court may carry out a partial reconstruction of the deed in cases where the proof of certain clauses, sufficient in themselves, is alone reported.