AFTER more than a decade of planning and revisions, Cambodia yesterday officially launched the key law governing society – the Civil Code.
The Cambodia Daily, Dec 22, 2011 - Cambodian New Cicil Code.
The Cambodian Civil Code, which runs to nine volumes, is essentially a code of basic rights governing all forms of legal relationships between private parties.
Ceremony to hand over the draft Civil Law and Civil Procedure Code - March 2003
The Ministry of Justice had been working with the Japan International Cooperation Agency for more than 10 years on drafting the more than 1,300 articles that constitute the law.
Read more:
- http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011122253567/National-news/long-road-to-launch-for-civil-code.html
- http://norinthegreat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/cambodian-civil-code1.pdf (Draft 2002, New Civil Law / English)