Article 167 of Code of Civil Procedure

The creditor must first demand that the debtor pay, allowing a period of at least ten days, and then obtain a payment order from the judge of the Summary Court or the president of the circuit at the Court of First Instance, as the case may be. The entitlement stated in the demand for payment may not be less than that requested in the petition for obtaining the payment order. It shall suffice for the demand for payment to be made by registered letter or by any modern electronic means of communication capable of being retained and retrieved, specified by a decision of the Minister of Justice. The payment order shall be issued upon a petition submitted by the creditor, accompanied by the debt instrument and proof that payment has been demanded and the account closed in cases where this is called for. This instrument shall remain in the Registry Department until the period for lodging a grievance has expired. The petition must be drawn up in two identical copies and must contain the particulars of a statement of claim stipulated in Article 54 of this Law. The order must be issued on one of the two copies of the petition within no more than three days of its submission and must state the amount payable and whether it is issued in a commercial matter. The aforementioned petition shall be deemed productive of the effects of bringing an action from the date of its submission, even if the court lacks jurisdiction.