Law of Evidence

1. The court shall, when necessary, determine the expert’s fee, the litigant it assigns to deposit such fee, and the deadline for such deposit. 2. If the litigant fails to deposit the determined expert fee by the deadline set by the court, the adverse litigant may deposit said fee without prejudice to his right of recourse against the other litigant. 3. If the fee is not deposited by either litigant, the court may either decide to suspend the case until the fee is deposited if the case cannot be determined without the expert’s opinion, or decide to forfeit the litigant’s right to invoke the expert appointment decision if it finds that the litigant’s justification for nonpayment is not acceptable.