Volume 141, Number 58A
Royal Gazette
24 September 2567
to be instituted by the spouses against each other, or the seizure or sequestration is for the outstanding maintenance and costs according to a court judgment.”
Section33.The text of sections 1488 and 1489 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
“Section1488.If either spouse is personally liable for a debt created prior to or during the marriage, that debt shall be paid with his personal property first. When this is insufficient, it shall then be paid with his portion in the marital property.
Section1489.If spouses are joint debtors, the debts shall be paid with the marital property and the personal property of both of them.”
Section34.The text of section 1490 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which has been amended by the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 10), 2533 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
“Section1490.The debts to which spouses are jointly liable shall include the following debts created by them during their marriage:
(1)the debts relating to the management of necessary affairs within the family, the provision of maintenance and medical treatment to members of the family, and the education of children as appropriate for their individual circumstances;
(2)the debts relating to the marital property;
(3)the debts arising from the work jointly performed by the spouses;
(4)the debts created by either spouse for his sole benefit but confirmed by the other.”
Section35.The text of section 1491 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
“Section1491.If either spouse is adjudged bankrupt, the marital property is separated by operation of law from the day the court gives the judgment of bankruptcy.”
Section36.The text of paragraph 1 of section 1492 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which has been amended by the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 10), 2533 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
