Internal Law 2 Private law - Administration of civil justice - Enforcement 27 Civil procedure
Dretg naziunal 2 Dretg privat - Giurisdicziun civila - Execuziun 27 Giurisdicziun civila

272 Swiss Civil Procedure Code of 19 December 2008 (Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

272 Cudesch da procedura civila svizzer dals 19 da december 2008 (Cudesch da procedura civila, CPC)

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Art. 160 Duty to cooperate

1 Parties and third parties have a duty to cooperate in the taking of evidence. In particular, they have the duty:

a.
to make a truthful deposition as a party or a witness;
b.56
to produce the physical records, with the exception of documents forming correspondence between a party or a third party and a lawyer who is entitled to act as a professional representative, or with a patent attorney as defined in Article 2 of the Patent Attorney Act of 20 March 200957;
c.
to allow an examination of their person or property by an expert.

2 The court has free discretion to decide on the duty of minors to cooperate.58 It shall take account of the child's welfare.

3 Third parties that are under a duty to cooperate are entitled to reasonable compensation.

56 Amended by No I 4 of the FA of 28 Sept. 2012 on the Amendment of Procedural Provisions on Lawyers' Professional Secrecy, in force since 1 May 2013 (AS 2013 847; BBl 2011 8181).

57 SR 935.62

58 Amended by Annex 2 No 3 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2008, in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2010 1739, 2011 725; BBl 2006 7221 7001).

Art. 159 Organs d’ina persuna giuridica

Sch’ina persuna giuridica è partida, vegnan ses organs tractads en la procedura da cumprova sco ina partida.

 

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