Article 9 of Law Regulating Expert Services

If an expert who is not employed by the General Department of Experts is appointed in a particular branch of expertise and it then becomes apparent to him that the matter requires assistance from expertise of another kind, and the authority that appointed him has not authorized him to obtain that assistance, he shall request it from that authority. If, however, the appointment is of an expert from the General Department of Experts, the request for assistance shall be submitted to the Head of the Department for determination. If the expert whose assistance is sought is not employed by the Department, he shall submit a preliminary statement of his fees and expenses, before commencing the assignment, to the Head of the Department, who shall refer it, accompanied Index of the Law 730 Home Page Law Regulating Expert Services Decree-Law No. 40 of 1980 Promulgating the Law Regulating Expert Services by an opinion, to the competent court. The court shall assess an additional deposit for the expert whose assistance is sought, and the litigant required to lodge the deposit shall lodge it with the court treasury. The said expert shall be paid his fees and expenses after their final assessment by the presiding judge of the panel or the president of the summary court that appointed him, in the manner set out in Articles 17 and 18 of this Law, immediately upon his filing the report containing the results of his work.