Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

If it was agreed at the time of the lease that in the event of a sale the purchaser could evict the tenant and no stipulation was made regarding damages, the lessor is obliged to compensate the tenant as follows.

In the case of a house, flat or shop, the lessor shall pay the evicted tenant, by way of damages, a sum equal to the price of the rent, for the time which, according to the use of the premises, is allowed between the notice and vacating.

In the case of rural property, the compensation that the lessor must pay to the farmer is one third of the lease price for all the time remaining.

The indemnity will be settled by experts, if it concerns manufactures, factories, or other establishments that require large advances.

A purchaser who wishes to make use of the option reserved by the lease to evict the tenant in the event of a sale is, in addition, required to give the tenant the advance notice customary in the place for notices of termination.

Tenants may not be evicted until they have been paid by the landlord or, failing that, by the new purchaser, the damages explained above.

If the lease is not made by deed, or is not of a certain date, the purchaser is not liable for any damages.

The right to the lease of premises, of a non-professional or non-commercial nature, which is actually used as a dwelling by two spouses, whatever their matrimonial regime and notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary and even if the lease was entered into before the marriage, or by two partners bound by a civil solidarity pact, provided that the partners make the request jointly, is deemed to belong to both spouses…

In the event of dissolution of the civil solidarity pact, one of the partners may apply to the court with jurisdiction over tenancy matters for the right to the lease of premises, not of a professional or commercial nature, which are actually used as a dwelling by both partners, subject to any claims or rights to compensation in favour of the other partner. The lessor is summoned to the proceedings….