Droit interne 2 Droit privé - Procédure civile - Exécution 27 Procédure civile
Internal Law 2 Private law - Administration of civil justice - Enforcement 27 Civil procedure

272 Code de procédure civile du 19 décembre 2008 (CPC)

272 Swiss Civil Procedure Code of 19 December 2008 (Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

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Art. 159 Organes d’une personne morale

Lorsqu’une personne morale est partie au procès, ses organes sont traités comme une partie dans la procédure d’administration des preuves.

Art. 160 Duty to cooperate

1 Parties and third parties have a duty to cooperate in the taking of evidence. In particular, they have the duty:

a.
to make a truthful deposition as a party or a witness;
b.56
to produce the physical records, with the exception of documents forming correspondence between a party or a third party and a lawyer who is entitled to act as a professional representative, or with a patent attorney as defined in Article 2 of the Patent Attorney Act of 20 March 200957;
c.
to allow an examination of their person or property by an expert.

2 The court has free discretion to decide on the duty of minors to cooperate.58 It shall take account of the child's welfare.

3 Third parties that are under a duty to cooperate are entitled to reasonable compensation.

56 Amended by No I 4 of the FA of 28 Sept. 2012 on the Amendment of Procedural Provisions on Lawyers' Professional Secrecy, in force since 1 May 2013 (AS 2013 847; BBl 2011 8181).

57 SR 935.62

58 Amended by Annex 2 No 3 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2008, in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2010 1739, 2011 725; BBl 2006 7221 7001).

 

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