Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 556
556. (1) Upon the demand of any party interested, the registrar
shall tax the fees due to advocates, notaries public or legal
procurators, for extra-judicial services performed by them, saving
the right of appeal by application, within one month, to the court of
contentious jurisdiction praying that the taxation be amended.
(2) The demand for the taxation of fees shall be made by means
of a note showing the services in respect of which the taxation is
demanded.
(3) f the taxation is demanded by the creditor he shall verify on
oath, before the registrar, the contents of the note.
(4) The said time shall commence to run, in regard to the
person demanding the taxation, from the day on which the taxation
is made, and in regard to the debtor, from the day on which the
taxed bill is served on him.
(5) The expiration of the said time shall not operate so as to bar
the debtor from impugning the existence of the claim or from
proving its extinguishment in any manner admissible according to
law.
Taxing of fees in
respect of
proceedings under
authority of
superior courts.
Amended by:
XXIV.1995.215.
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