{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:7","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Right to be Heard","number":"7","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — PRELIMINARY MATTERS","title":"TITLE I — BASIC PROVISIONS","chapter":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Each party shall have the right to be heard before a court of law.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p1#article-7-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The right to be heard includes:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p2#article-7-p2"}]},{"id":"p2a","number":"a","parentId":"p2","text":"the right of each party to present and explain the case by the submission of admissible evidence and argument;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p2a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p2a#article-7-p2a"}]},{"id":"p2b","number":"b","parentId":"p2","text":"the right of each party to have access to all statements, documents and other information submitted to the court regarding the case by the opposing parties or otherwise; and","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p2b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p2b#article-7-p2b"}]},{"id":"p2c","number":"c","parentId":"p2","text":"the right to contradict the statements, documents and other information submitted to the court by the opposing parties in the case or otherwise.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p2c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p2c#article-7-p2c"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"When evidence is to be given in a language other than Tigrigna, it shall be interpreted by an official interpreter or by any other person the court may appoint for that purpose, and any person so appointed shall before interpreting the evidence take the oath or affirmation in the form provided for by law.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p3#article-7-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"The court shall ensure that no decision is taken until the requirements of the right of each party to be heard are fully met.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/7/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":31,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/31/?article=7&paragraph=p4#article-7-p4"}]}],"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."}