{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:236","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Additional Witnesses","number":"236","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/236/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 4. — Witness Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"At any time before making a decision, the court may call any witness whose testimony it considers necessary in the interests of justice.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/236/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":134,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/134/?article=236&paragraph=p1#article-236-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"A party may call any witness whose name does not appear on the list of witnesses if the court is satisfied that he is a material witness who could not have previously been identified as such by the party and the application for a summons is not being made for the purpose of delaying the case.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/236/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":134,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/134/?article=236&paragraph=p2#article-236-p2"}]}],"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."}