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value, the superficiary cannot refuse such offer except for some just reason.
If there is a custom different from the provisions of the preceding paragraph, such custom is to govern.
Chapter V.
Emphyteusis.
270.
An emphyteuta has a right to carry on agriculture or cattle raising on the land of another on payment of a rent.
271.
An emphyteuta must not make any change which will cause permanent damage to the land.
An emphyteuta may assign his right, or may let the land for the purpose of agriculture or cattle raising within the duration of his right; unless that has been forbidden by the act of creation of the right.
273.
As to the duties of the emphyteuta, in addition to the provisions of this chapter and to any provisions contained in the act of creation, the rules relating to hiring apply correspondingly.