Article 218

On its own motion or on the application of any of the parties to a suit, the court may send for the record of any other suit either from its own records or from any other court, and inspect the same.

Unless otherwise directed, an application under sub-Article (1) shall show how the record is material to the suit in which the application is made, and that the applicant cannot without unreasonable delay or expense obtain a duly authenticated copy of the record or of such parts thereof as the applicant requires, or that the production of the original is necessary for the purposes of justice.

Nothing in this article shall enable the court to use in evidence any document which under the law of evidence would be inadmissible in the suit.