Procedures
Entity civil procedure acts with parallel enforcement regimes
Civil procedure is an entity competence, with near-identical Civil Procedure Acts in the Federation and Republika Srpska. Enforcement follows separate entity enforcement acts, and cross-entity execution requires care.
Key rules
- Each entity has its own Civil Procedure Act and Enforcement Procedure Act.
- Judgments of one entity are enforceable in the other, subject to the local enforcement act.
- Revision lies to the entity Supreme Court on limited grounds.
Governing law
- Civil Procedure Acts of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska
- Entity Enforcement Procedure Acts
In practice
Since there is no single civil supreme court, entity Supreme Courts can and do diverge on the same statutory wording.