Article 15 of Law Regulating Expert Services

If the expert does not deposit his report within the time limit set by the court, and there is no justification for his delay, he may be sentenced to a fine of not less than five dinars and not more than fifty dinars. The court shall grant him a further period to complete the assignment and deposit his report, or replace him with another expert while requiring him to return to the Registry Department whatever he may have received from the deposit, all without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions and compensation where warranted. The judgment replacing the expert and requiring him to return what he has received may not be challenged by any means. The aforementioned judgment imposing the fine shall be recorded in the minutes of the hearing and shall have the enforceability of judgments and may not be challenged by any means. However, the court may relieve the expert of all or part of the fine if he presents an acceptable excuse. The judgment imposing the fine shall be enforced after the expert is notified by registered letter from the Registry Department, accompanied by a copy of the operative part of the judgment. The fine prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall not be imposed if the appointed expert is from the General Department of Experts or is one of the experts who are employees, without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions and compensation where warranted. If the delay in submitting the report arises from the fault of a litigant, the court may rule that his right to rely on the judgment appointing the expert is forfeited.