The debtor or the manager of the company involved shall appear before the court in person;
where for any acceptable reason he is unable to appear he may be represented by a person
empowered to assist or represent parties before the court before which the matter is referred.
Where the debtor or the manager of the company fails to appear before the court or is not
represented, the competent court shall in the same manner and time as provided in Article 200
above serve them fresh summonses; where they again fail to appear, the competent court shall
pronounce a contradictory judgment against them.
Official translation
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In force from 10 April 1998
Source page 63