Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

The party challenging the oath states the facts on which it is challenged. The judge orders the oath if it is admissible and retains the relevant facts on which it will be received.

Where the oath is referred to ex officio, the judge shall determine the facts on which it will be received.

The judgment ordering the oath sets the day, time and place where it will be received. It formulates the question submitted to the oath and indicates that false oath exposes its author to penal sanctions. When the oath is referred by a party, the judgment further specifies that the party to whom the oath is referred will succumb in his claim if he refuses to take it and refrains from…

The judgment ordering or refusing to order a decisive oath may be appealed independently of the decision on the merits.

The oath is taken by the party in person and at the hearing. If the party proves that he is unable to travel, the oath may be taken either before a judge appointed for the purpose who shall travel, assisted by the court clerk, to the party’s place of residence, or before the court of the party’s place of residence. In all cases, the oath is made in the presence…

The person invested with a mandate of legal representation may not defer or refer the oath without proving special authority.