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      THE SWEDISH CODE OF JUDICIAL
      PROCEDURE
      Ds 1998:000
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       PREFACE
     The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure was promulgated in 1942
     (SFS 1942:740) and came into force on 1 January 1948.
       A translation of the Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure as
     amended up to January 1, 1967 was published in 1968 as Volume
     15 in The American Series of Foreign Penal Codes. The translation
     was made by Anders Bruzelius and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. An
     uppdated Revised Edition, edited by Anders Bruzelius and Krister
     Thelin, was published in 1979 as Volume 24 in the same series.
       This version is a complete and comprehensive review and update
     of the above mentionned translations. It takes into account the
     amendments of the Code in force as of 1 Januari 1999 (SFS
     1998:605). The work was undertaken by the lawyer and translator
     James Hurst ( English Law Translations)
       The publication by the Swedish Ministry of Justice is made with
     the permission of former Judge Anders Bruzelius, Justice Ruth
     Baader Ginsburg, Judge Krister Thelin and the New York
     University.
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               Updated to - SFS 1998:605
               THE CODE OF JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
               Table of Contents
               Part one   ORGANISATION OF COURTS
               Chapter 1   General lower courts
               Chapter 2   Courts of Appeal
               Chapter 3   The Supreme Court
               Chapter 4   Judges
               Chapter 5   Right of Public Attendance and Maintenance of 
                           Order at Court Hearings
               Chapter 6   Court Records
               Chapter 7   Public Prosecutors and Police Authorities
               Chapter 8   Advocates
               Chapter 9   Procedural Offences, Default Fines and Custodial 
                           Escort to Court
               Part two   PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL
               I. PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
               Chapter 10 Competent court
               Chapter 11 Parties and their Legal Representatives
               Chapter 12 Attorneys in Litigation
               Chapter 13 Justiciable Disputes and Institution of Actions
               Chapter 14 Joinder of Cases and Participation by Third Parties
               Chapter 15 Provisional Attachment and Other Security Measures
               Chapter 16 Voting
               Chapter 17 Judgments and Decisions
               Chapter 18 Litigation Costs