{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:222","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Preliminary Examination of Witnesses","number":"222","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/222/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 4. — Witness Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"At any stage of the proceedings after the institution of an action, the court may order examination of witnesses at the request of one of the parties where there is good reason to believe that the witness will be unable to testify at a later date.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/222/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":129,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/129/?article=222&paragraph=lead#article-222-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."}