Art. 5.

Acts executed against the provisions of mandatory or prohibitory laws shall be void,
except when the law itself authorizes their validity.

Mandatory and prohibitory laws, concept

Kinds of mandatory legislation:
1. Positive
2. Negative or prohibitory
Violation of Mandatory and Prohibitory laws, Effect
Instances of Mandatory Provisions
1. Art. 739
2. Art. 749
3. Art. 804
4. Art. 818
5. Art. 1287
6. Art. 2012
Violation of Directory Laws, effect
Exceptions to Effect of Violation of Mandatory Law
Four Ways of Validating an Act or Contract Contrary to Mandatory Law

Cases
Alday vs Camillon, 120 SCRA 521