{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:102","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Appearance Need not be in Person","number":"102","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/102/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE II — PARTIES","chapter":"Chapter 5. — Appearance of Parties, Failure to Appear, Judgment by Default and Opposition"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Any act in any court need not be done by a party in person but may be done in accordance with this Title unless the court directs that it is essential for the proper determination of the suit that the act be done personally by the party.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/102/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":74,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/74/?article=102&paragraph=p1#article-102-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The absence of any party during the performance of duties assigned by the court to any person, such as a commissioner, local investigator, expert or any officer executing an order of court shall not preclude such person from performing his duties.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/102/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":74,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/74/?article=102&paragraph=p2#article-102-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."}