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Book 3 · Law of property  ›  Title 1 · Subject matter of ownership › Section 912

Encroachment; duty to tolerate

(1) If the owner of a plot of land, when erecting a building, built over the boundary, without this being the result of intent or gross negligence, then the neighbour is to tolerate the encroachment, unless the neighbour filed an objection before or immediately after the encroachment across the boundary.

(2) The neighbour is to be compensated by periodical payments. The amount of the periodical payments depends on the period of the encroachment across the boundary.

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