State Act
Section 254
Art. 254 – The extraction of earth from the fields of the comunidade is expressly forbidden , without prior authorization of the managing committee granted in a meeting, on verbal request of the interested party, and approved by the administrator, to whom the copy of the minutes shall be submitted by the clerk of the comunidade, within the period of five days. Sole § This prohibition does not include the earth that may be extracted for the repairs of the bunds existing in the paddy fields or for the repair of the borders of properties bordering upon the paddy fields, in which cases the interested person shall inform the fact in advance to the clerk of the comunidade, who shall bring the same to the notice of the attorney for him to supervise.