Volume 1, Draft Civil Code - Digital exhibitions & collections - McGill ...

SUCCESSION 195
legal representatives may make the inventory at the expense of
the institute, provided they notify him and the other interested
persons.
Any provision to the contrary is without effect.
375 Once a year, the institute must notify the substitutes and
the Public Curator of any change in the inventory and of the
use he has made of the substituted property.
Any provision to the contrary is without effect.
376 The institute must perform all acts necessary to maintain
and preserve the property.
He must pay all fees and expenses chargeable to revenue
which are due before the opening, except for reimbursement in
proportion to the duration of his right.
377 The institute receives money due, gives discharge for it,
and exercises all judicial recourses related to it.
378 With respect to his right to exploit mines, quarries and
trees on the land subject to the substitution, the institute is
subject to the rules governing usufruct.
379 The institute may lease, hypothecate or alienate by
onerous title the moveable or immoveable property of the
substitution.
The lessee, creditor or acquirer has a definitive right
which is not affected by the right of the substitutes at the
opening of the substitution.
Except in cases of fraud, the substitutes have recourse
only against the institute.
Any provision to the contrary is without effect.