Article 209

The parties or their pleaders shall produce, at the first hearing of the suit, all the documentary evidence in their possession, on which they intend to rely, and which has not already been filed in court, and all documents which that the court orders to be produced.

The court shall receive the documents so produced, which shall be accompanied by an accurate list thereof.

Except with leave of the Court, no document that should be produced at the first hearing may be received at a later stage in the suit on behalf of the party who should have produced it.

Nothing in this article shall apply to documents produced for cross-examination of the defendant’s witnesses, or in answer to any case set up by the defendant or used to refresh a witness’s memory.