{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:168","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Counter Claim by Defendant","number":"168","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/168/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE II — PLEADINGS","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Statement of Claim and of Defense"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A defendant may, in addition to his right of pleading set-off under Article 166, set-up by way of counter-claim against the claim of the plaintiff, any right or claim in respect of a cause of action accruing to the defendant against the plaintiff. Provided such counter-claim shall not exceed the pecuniary limits of the jurisdiction of the Court.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/168/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":106,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/106/?article=168&paragraph=lead#article-168-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}