1. Whoever has possessed an immovable property and has continued to possess it for a full year, and fears, for reasonable cause, a disturbance arising from new works that threaten their possession, may bring the matter before the court seeking to stop such works, provided that they have not been completed and that one year has not elapsed since the commencement of the work that would cause such harm. 2. The court may either prohibit the continuation of the works or authorize the continuation thereof. In both cases, it may order the provision of appropriate security, which in the case of a judgment to stay the works, shall guarantee compensation for the harm resulting from this stay, should it be finally determined that the objection to their continuation was unfounded, and in the case of a judgment permitting the continuation of the works, shall guarantee the removal of these works in whole or in part as security for the reparation of the harm that the possessor suffers if a final judgment is rendered in the possessor’s favour.
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