Article 67 of Code of Civil Procedure

The court shall begin by seeking reconciliation between the litigants. If reconciliation is not achieved, it shall order that the claims or defences presented orally by the litigants or their representatives be entered in the hearing minutes. And (1) The second paragraph amended pursuant to Decree-Law No. 133 of 2025 Law Index 615 Home Page the defendant shall be the last to speak. The court may, even of its own motion, order the deletion of offensive expressions or expressions contrary to morals or public order from any pleading document or memorandum.