The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia has published a Draft Act Amending the Civil Procedure Act. Any remarks, proposals, suggestions and comments concerning the Draft Act Amending the Civil Procedure Act may be submitted to the Ministry of Justice, while a public hearing in connection with this Act is going to be held from May 19, 2021 to June 14, 2021.
According to representatives of Serbian Government, the purpose of the Act is to speed up court trials and reduce caseloads to a certain extent, as well as to improve operational efficiency of courts, judges, and all employees working on cases so that citizens could obtain their court decisions within a reasonable time.
The Draft Act contains a number of solutions related to, among other things, amendments to the provisions contained in the current Civil Procedure Act concerning territorial jurisdiction of courts, electronic filing of pleadings, advancement of evidentiary proceedings costs and payment of court fess, including as well the procedure for adjudicating on extraordinary remedies.
This Draft Act may be found on the website of the Republic of Serbia’s Ministry of Justice at:
