{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:223","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Form of Questions","number":"223","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/223/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 4. — Witness Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Questions put in direct examination shall only relate to facts that are relevant to the issues to be decided and to such facts of which the witness has personal knowledge, and no leading questions may be put to a witness in direct examination without permission of the court.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/223/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":129,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/129/?article=223&paragraph=p1#article-223-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Questions put in cross-examination shall only relate to relevant issues before the court, including what might be erroneous, doubtful or untrue in the answers given in direct examination and leading questions may be put to a witness in cross-examination.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/223/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":129,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/129/?article=223&paragraph=p2#article-223-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"A party may only ask questions on reexamination for the purpose of clarifying matters that have been raised in cross-examination.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/223/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":129,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/129/?article=223&paragraph=p3#article-223-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."}