Libro Segundo · Título I Capítulo VI. Vista y sentencia

Once the evidence term has concluded, the clerk shall record it without the need for an order, shall add to the case file the evidence rendered and shall report to the judge. The judge, on its own initiative, shall set day and time for the hearing within the term specified in the Constitutive Law of the Judicial Branch, at which the attorneys of the parties, and the parties themselves if they so wish, may argue orally or in writing.

The hearing shall be public, if so requested.

The judges and tribunals, before delivering their judgment, may order, for better provision:

1º.That any document they deem appropriate to clarify the litigants' rights be brought before them.

2º.That any inspection or appraisal they consider necessary be carried out, or that those already carried out be expanded.

3º.To bring before them any procedural action related to the proceedings.

These steps shall be carried out within a time limit of no more than fifteen days.

Against this class of decisions no appeal whatsoever shall be admitted, and the parties shall have in the execution of what has been ordered no more participation than that which the Tribunal grants them.

Once the hearing has been held, or upon expiration of the time limit of the order for better adjudication, the judgment shall be rendered in accordance with the provisions of the Constitutive Law of the Judicial Branch.