{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:34","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Defendant’s Forum","number":"34","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/34/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE I — JURISDICTION","chapter":"Chapter 1. — International Jurisdiction"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Unless otherwise provided by specific provisions of Eritrean law, jurisdiction lies with the Eritrean courts if the defendant has his habitual residence in the State of Eritrea.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/34/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":42,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/42/?article=34&paragraph=p1#article-34-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"When the defendant is a company or other legal person, jurisdiction lies with the Eritrean courts if the defendant has its principal seat of business, or otherwise carries on business, in the State of Eritrea. The principal seat of business shall be the location of the head office as designated in its articles of association, unless it is shown that the principal seat of its business is elsewhere.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/34/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":42,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/42/?article=34&paragraph=p2#article-34-p2"}]}],"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."}