Article 117. Payment of sums due to experts, specialists, witnesses and interpreters

Experts, specialists, witnesses and interpreters shall be refunded their expenses on travel and accommodation, incurred by them in connection with appearance to the court, they are also paid their daily allowance.

Experts and specialists shall receive remuneration for the work executed by them on the commission of the court, unless executed work is part of their official duties.

Sums of money due to witnesses, interpreters, specialists and experts shall be paid to deposit account of the court in advance by the person participating in the case that has moved the petition. If the petition has been stated by both parties, sums of money shall be paid by the parties in equal shares. If the expert examination has been appointed on the initiative of the court, payment of necessary sum of money shall be paid to the expert by the court from deposit account. These sums shall be collected from the persons participating the case in accordance with article 118 of this Code, and credited to the court's deposit account. Sums of money due to experts, specialists, witnesses and interpreters shall be paid by the court after execution by them of their duties.

The order of payment and amounts of the sums of money subject to payment are established by the legislation.