{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:389","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Additional Evidence","number":"389","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI — APPEAL, EXTRAORDINARY REVIEW, THIRD-PARTY OPPOSITION AND REVISION","title":"TITLE I — APPEAL","chapter":"Chapter 4. — Hearing of Appeal"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The parties to an appeal shall not be entitled to produce additional evidence in the Appellate Court unless the Court so orders.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":204,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/204/?article=389&paragraph=p1#article-389-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"An Appellate Court, on its own motion or in response to a motion by a party, may issue an order allowing the presentation of additional evidence, including the testimony of witnesses, if it finds that:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":205,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/205/?article=389&paragraph=p2#article-389-p2"}]},{"id":"p2a","number":"a","parentId":"p2","text":"the lower court has refused to admit evidence which ought to have been admitted;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p2a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":205,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/205/?article=389&paragraph=p2a#article-389-p2a"}]},{"id":"p2b","number":"b","parentId":"p2","text":"a document must be produced or a witness examined to enable the Court to pronounce judgment; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p2b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":205,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/205/?article=389&paragraph=p2b#article-389-p2b"}]},{"id":"p2c","number":"c","parentId":"p2","text":"for any other cause necessary to a just and fair disposition of the case.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p2c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":205,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/205/?article=389&paragraph=p2c#article-389-p2c"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"Any decision made under sub-Article (2) shall state the reasons upon which it is based.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/389/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":205,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/205/?article=389&paragraph=p3#article-389-p3"}]}],"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."}