{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:5","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Independence and Impartiality of the Judge","number":"5","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/5/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — PRELIMINARY MATTERS","title":"TITLE I — BASIC PROVISIONS","chapter":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Judges shall be independent and impartial in the exercise of their functions and shall submit to no authority other than that of the Constitution and the law.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/5/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":30,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/30/?article=5&paragraph=lead#article-5-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."}