1346 REPEAL S . Codes, or ders, etc . , iestg nated . 72d CONGRESS . SESS. II . CH. 12 8. FEBR UARY 27, 1933. SEC . 1700. One must not ehange his purpose to the injury of another . SEC . 1701 . Anyone may waive the advantage of a law intended solely for his benefit . But a law establis hed for a public r eason can - not be contravened by a private agreement. SEC. 1702 . One must so use his own rights as not to infringe upon the rights of another . SEC . 1703 . He who consents to an act is not wronged by it . SEC. 1704 . A cquiescen ce in err or takes away the right of objecting to it. SEc. 1705 . No one can take advantage of his own wrong . SEC . 1706 . He who has fraudulently dispossessed himself ofa thing may be treated as if he still had possession . SEC . 1707. He who can and does not forbid that which is done on his behalf is deemed to haves bidden it . . SEC. 1708 . No one should suffer by the act of another . SEC . 1709 . He who takes the benefit must bear the burden . SE C. 1710 . One who grants a thing is pres umed to g rant also whatever is essential to its use . SEC . 1711 . For every wrong there is a remedy . SEC . 1712 . Between those who are equally in the right or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose . SEC . 1713 . Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is pre- ferred . SEC . 1714 . No man is responsible for that which no man can con- trol . SEC. 1715 . The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights . SEC . 1716 . The law respects form less than substance . SEC . 1717 . That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as don e, in favor of him to wh om, an d again st him from whom, per- formance is due . SEC . 1718 . That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded asifitdidnotexist. SEC . 1 71 9 . The law n ever requ ires impo ssibiliti es . SEC . 1720 . The law neither does nor requires idle acts . SEC. 1721 . The law disregards trifles . SEC. 1722 . Particular expressions qualify those which are general. SEC . 1723 . Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best . SEC. 1724. The greater contains the less . SEC. 1725 . Superfluity does not vitiate . SEC . 1726 . That is certain which can be made certain . SEC. 1727. Time does not confirm a void act . SEC . 1728. The incident follows the principal, and not the prin- cipal the incident . SEC. 1729 . An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one which makes void . SEC . 1730 . Interpretation must be reasonable . SEC. 1731 . Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, he, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer . CHAPTER 77 .-REPEALS SEC . 1732. REPEAL OF EXISTING LAWS.-The following codes, laws, executive orders, and parts thereof, are hereby repealed The Civil Code of the Republic of Panama and Amendatory Laws, the Commercial Code of the Republic of Panama, and all other laws, not heretofore repealed which were continued in force in the Canal Zone by the Executive order of May 9, 1904 ;
