{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:257","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Refusal of Party to Give Evidence","number":"257","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/257/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 8. — Furnishing of Proof"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where any party to a suit present in court refuses, without lawful excuse, when required by the court to give evidence or to produce any document in his possession or control, the court may pronounce judgment against him or make such order in relation to the suit as it thinks fit.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/257/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":142,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/142/?article=257&paragraph=lead#article-257-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."}