State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 456 – Legal easement of aqueducts - It is lawful for anyone to canalize underground or over ground the flow of waters to which they have a right, for the benefit of agriculture or industry, through the agricultural lands of others, when they are not enclosed farms or orchards, gardens, kitchen gardens, or courtyards adjacent to buildings, after payment of compensation for the damage that may result from this, to the said properties. § Sole Paragraph - The owners of servient properties also have the right to be compensated for the damages which may arise in future, from the infiltration or eruption of the waters, or on account of deterioration of the works done to carry the said waters.