{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:216","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Court May Order Any Document to be Impounded","number":"216","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/216/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 3. — Production, Impounding and Return of Documentary Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Notwithstanding any other provisions, the court may, if it sees sufficient cause, direct any document or book produced before it in any suit to be impounded and kept in the custody of the registrar for such period and subject to such conditions as the court directs.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/216/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":126,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/126/?article=216&paragraph=lead#article-216-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}