Book2 Chapter03 Title04
From Reference Codes BGB of 1896
GERMAN CIVIL CODE OF 1896
- Based on the English Translation by: Wang, Chung Hui (1907). The German Civil Code, translated and annotated with historical introduction and appendices. London: Stevens and Sons. [available on Archive.org]
BOOK II. Law of Obligations.
Chapter III. Extinction of Obligations.
Title IV. Release.
Section 397.
- [I] An obligation is extinguished if the debtor is released from the obligation by contract with the creditor.
- [II] The same rule applies if the creditor, by contract with the debtor, acknowledges that the obligation does not exist.
