{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:244","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Power to Order Proof by Affidavit","number":"244","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/244/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 7. — Affidavits"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"At any time and for sufficient reason the court may order that any particular fact or facts be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness be read at the hearing, on such conditions as it thinks reasonable.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/244/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":138,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/138/?article=244&paragraph=p1#article-244-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where it appears to the court that either party desires the production of a witness for cross-examination, and that such witness can be produced, no order under sub-Article (1) shall be made.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/244/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":138,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/138/?article=244&paragraph=p2#article-244-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."}