Law No. 5 of 1985 (Civil Code), 1985.
Among other things this Law contains the following provisions: Article 71. (1) The personality (status of person) of a human being shall commence at the moment of being born alive. It shall terminate upon his death. (2) The law shall lay down the rights of a foetus in utero. Article 72. (1) The facts of birth and death shall be recorded (or: proved) by entries in registers kept for that purpose. (2) If there is no such evidence or if it should appear that the entries in the register are incorrect, it shall be permissible to prove the same by any legal means of proof. Article 76. (1) The family of a person shall consist of his spouse and relatives. (2) All persons coming from a common stock shall be deemed to be relatives. Article 77. (1) A direct relationship is the relationship of root and branch (direct lineage). An indirect relationship is the link between persons of common stock without direct lineage, whether or not within the degree of consanguinity precluding marriage. Article 78. In calculating the degree of direct relationship each upwards stage of generation to the source shall be regarded as one degree away from that source. In calculating the degree of indirect relationship degrees of ascent from the descendants to the common origin shall be taken into account, and then downwards from him to the last generation, and each stage shall be counted as a degree with the exception of the common source. Article 79. One of the relations of the spouses shall be regarded as having the same degree of relationship to the other spouse.
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