{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:6","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Equality before the Court","number":"6","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/6/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — PRELIMINARY MATTERS","title":"TITLE I — BASIC PROVISIONS","chapter":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Proceedings before the court shall be conducted on the basis of equality of the parties. The court shall secure that all parties equally enjoy the rights, and equally observe the duties, established in this Code, regardless of race, nationality, language, sex, ethnic origin, color, property, official position, social or economic status, place of residence, religion, political belief or opinions.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/6/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":30,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/30/?article=6&paragraph=lead#article-6-lead"},{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=6&paragraph=lead#article-6-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."}