The Civil Code on Obligations

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Article one thousand one hundred fifty-six. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do.

Article one thousand one hundred fifty-seven. Obligations arise from:

One. Law;

Two. Contracts;

Three. Quasi-contracts;

Four. Acts or omissions punished by law; and

Five. Quasi-delicts.

Article one thousand one hundred fifty-eight. Obligations derived from law are not presumed. Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them; and as to what has not been foreseen, by the provisions of this Book.

Article one thousand one hundred fifty-nine. Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be complied with in good faith.

Article one thousand one hundred sixty. Obligations derived from quasi-contracts shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter one, Title fifteen, of this Book.

Article one thousand one hundred sixty-one. Civil obligations arising from criminal offenses shall be governed by the penal laws, subject to the provisions of article two thousand one hundred seventy-seven, and of the pertinent provisions of Chapter two, Preliminary Title, on Human Relations, and of Title fifteen of this Book, regulating damages.

Article one thousand one hundred sixty-two. Obligations derived from quasi-delicts shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter two, Title fifteen of this Book, and by special laws.