Belgium
Title:Civil Code, 1804
Title in original language:Code Civil, 1804
Adopted on:21.03.1804
Entry into force:13.09.1807

Amended several times.

Source: Moniteur Belge, 03.09.2107,  numéro :   1804032154 page : 99999,   http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&table_name=loi&cn=1804032134 (last accessed on 22.05.2013)

Summary:

The section on missing persons contains provisions on presumption of absence of a person, officially declararing a person to be missing and the legal effects of that status: what happens to the person's belongings, what are his / her rights, the effects on marriage, etc.