1. The submission of evidence by the parties is done, in every case, before the first judicial hearing. On the written, reasoned request of the public organ, submitted within the time limit set according to letter “b” of point 1 of article 25 of this law, the court sets a second-time limit for it, which should end no later than five days before the date of the judicial hearing. In case of the failure to submit evidence even within the second-time limit, the examination of the case continues only on the acts submitted.
2. An unjustified violation of the obligation to submit evidence by the public organ even within the second-time limit set constitutes a reason for the court, at the request of the party, or on its own initiative, to impose a fine on the head of the public organ. The amount of the fine is equal to 20 percent of the minimum pay on the national level, for every day of lateness.
3. If the public organ does not submit evidence up to the date of the judicial session, then the court, evaluating the other evidence and the circumstances of the case, may consider the facts claimed by the other party, for the proving of which that evidence was requested, to be proven.
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