{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:424","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Examination of the Judgment-debtor","number":"424","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/424/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VII — ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION OF DECREES","title":"TITLE 1 — EXECUTION OF DECREES PASSED IN ERITREA","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Application and Process for Execution"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Upon request of the judgment-creditor, or on its own motion, the court may summon and examine the judgment-debtor under oath as to his means or for any other reason it deems necessary.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/424/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":221,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/221/?article=424&paragraph=p1#article-424-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where the judgment-debtor fails to appear in answer to the summons, the court shall order that he be arrested and brought before it for the purpose of being examined.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/424/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":221,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/221/?article=424&paragraph=p2#article-424-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"For the purpose of an examination under this Article, the court may summon any person or require the production of any book or record.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/424/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":221,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/221/?article=424&paragraph=p3#article-424-p3"}]}],"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."}