{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:51","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Defendant Residing Abroad","number":"51","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/51/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE I — JURISDICTION","chapter":"Chapter 3. — National and Local Jurisdiction"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where the defendant resides, carries on business, or personally works for gain abroad, the suit shall be instituted in such court in Eritrea as the plaintiff may choose, unless it relates to immovable property which the defendant owns in Eritrea, in which case the suit be instituted in the court of the place where such property is located.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/51/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/50/?article=51&paragraph=p1#article-51-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where the defendant is a foreigner not residing, carrying on business or personally working for gain in Eritrea, but the defendant owns movable or immovable property in Eritrea, the suit may be instituted in the court of the place where such property is located.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/51/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/50/?article=51&paragraph=p2#article-51-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."}