Article 437. Grounds for reopening of judicial acts upon discovery of new facts

Decisions, rulings, and resolutions that have entered into legal force may be reopened upon discovery of new facts.

The following shall constitute grounds for reopening of decisions, rulings, and resolutions upon discovery of new facts:

1) Circumstances essential for the case that were not and could not have been known to the claimant if they are of essence for the correct resolution of the case;

2) circumstances established by a court judgment that has entered into legal force which resulted in the issuance of an unlawful, unfounded, or unjust decision, namely knowingly false testimony by a witness, a knowingly false expert opinion, intentionally incorrect translation, or forged documents or evidence;

3) Criminal acts of the parties, other participating in the case, or judges established by a court verdict that has entered into legal force, which has entailed the rendering of an unlawful, unjustified, or unfair judicial act;

4) Cancellation of the court decision, sentence, ruling, or resolution of another body that served as a ground for rendering this decision, ruling, or resolution.