{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:252","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Manner of Giving Evidence by Witness","number":"252","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/252/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 8. — Furnishing of Proof"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The party entitled to begin shall call his witnesses who, after taking an oath or affirmation, shall be examined-in-chief by the party beginning, cross-examined by such other party and may be re-examined by the party beginning.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/252/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":141,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/141/?article=252&paragraph=p1#article-252-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"If a party wishes to give evidence on his own behalf, he shall do so before calling his witnesses and he shall then for all practical purposes be deemed to be a witness.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/252/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":141,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/141/?article=252&paragraph=p2#article-252-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."}