{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:205","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Contrary Proof","number":"205","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/205/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Documentary Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Statements contained in a written instrument may be challenged by those who signed it only by tendering an oath to the party who avails himself thereof. Neither proof by witnesses nor any presumption is admissible against such statements.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/205/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":121,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/121/?article=205&paragraph=lead#article-205-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."}