Editing Civil code (section)

===Civil codes in Asia===
The Portuguese Civil Code of 1868 was introduced in the Portuguese overseas territories of Asia ([[Portuguese India]], [[Macau]] and [[Portuguese Timor]]) from 1870, with local modifications being latter introduced. It continued to be in effect in the former Portuguese India even after the end of the Portuguese rule in 1961. It is still in force in the present Indian territories of [[Goa]] (locally referred as the [[Goa civil code]]), [[Daman and Diu]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]. As Macau and Portuguese Timor were still under Portuguese rule when the Portuguese Civil Code of 1868 was replaced by that of 1966, this later was adopted by these territories. In [[East Timor]] (ex-Portuguese Timor), the Portuguese Code was replaced by the Indonesian Code when Indonesia occupied that territory in 1975. Macau adopted its own Civil Code in 1999, although this being based in the Portuguese Code of 1966.<ref>[https://ssrn.com/abstract=1280595 Macau Civil Code]</ref>
 
Also the civil code of Spain of 1889 would be enforced in its [[colony]], the [[Philippines]], and this would remain in effect even after the end of [[History of the Philippines#Spanish settlement and rule (1565–1898)|Spanish rule]] until the [[Philippines]] enacted its own [[Civil Code of the Philippines|Civil Code]] in 1950 after almost fifty years of U.S. rule.

Many legal systems of other countries in Asia are within the civil law tradition and have enacted a civil code, mostly derived from the German civil code; that is the case of [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Thailand]] (the Civil and Commercial Code), [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] and [[Indonesia]] (which is influenced by the Dutch Civil Code, {{lang|nl|Burgerlijke Wetboek}}).

The [[Constitution of India|Indian Constitution]] in its Directive Principles of State Policy recommends to a [[Uniform Civil Code]] in ts Article 44. The Indian parliament is yet to pass a law in this regard.<ref>{{Cite news |title=WHAT IS UNIFORM CIVIL CODE |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-uniform-civil-code |access-date=2022-09-17}}</ref>