{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:249","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Re-opening of Hearing","number":"249","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/249/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 8. — Furnishing of Proof"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"On the day fixed for the re-opening of the hearing, the plaintiff shall be entitled to begin unless the defendant admits the facts alleged by the plaintiff and contends that either in point of law or on some additional facts alleged by the defendant, the plaintiff is not entitled to any part of the relief which he seeks, in which case the defendant shall be entitled to begin.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/249/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":140,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/140/?article=249&paragraph=lead#article-249-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."}