{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:240","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Investigation by Experts and Costs","number":"240","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 5. — Expert Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"If the experts are required to conduct an investigation, the court shall at the time of their appointment or by subsequent order decide when and where they are to commence such an investigation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":135,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/135/?article=240&paragraph=p1#article-240-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The court may, on its own motion or at the request of one or more of the parties, request the experts to provide an estimate of their costs. An advance on such costs, the amount of which shall be fixed by the court, shall be paid into court by the party requesting the expert unless the court has ordered otherwise.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":135,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/135/?article=240&paragraph=p2#article-240-p2"},{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":136,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/136/?article=240&paragraph=p2#article-240-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"If the expert’s report has not been received by the fixed date, the court may, on its own motion or upon request of the parties or of one of them, fix a fresh date. This may also be done if the oral report has not been made at the sitting fixed for that purpose.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":136,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/136/?article=240&paragraph=p3#article-240-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"The experts shall conduct their investigation under the supervision of the court. The experts shall, in the course of their investigation, give the parties an opportunity to make comments and requests. The written report shall show whether this instruction has been met. The contents of such comments and requests shall be recorded in the report. If a party submits written comments to the experts, that party shall immediately provide the other party with a copy.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":136,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/136/?article=240&paragraph=p4#article-240-p4"}]},{"id":"p5","number":"5","text":"The minutes, holding the account of the oral report, shall be signed after it has been read out, by the members of the court and the experts. If an expert states that he is unable to sign, such a statement, including the reason for the inability, shall be recorded in the minutes.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/240/#p5","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":136,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/136/?article=240&paragraph=p5#article-240-p5"}]}],"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."}