Order XIV Rule 4: Court may examine witnesses or documents before framing issues
The Code of Civil Procedure · Code of Civil Procedure · Order XIV · in_force
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Where the Court is of opinion that the issues cannot be correctly framed without the examination of some person not before the Court or without the inspection of some document not produced in the suit, it may adjourn the framing of the issues to a future day, and may (subject to any law for the time being in force) compel the attendance of any person or the production of any document by the person in whose possession or power it is by summons or other process.
Effective date: 1909-01-01
Related sections
Order XIV Rule 3: Materials from which issues may be framedOrder XIV Rule 5: Power to amend, and strike out, issuesOrder XIV Rule 2: Issue of law and factOrder XIV Rule 6: Questions of fact or law may by agreement be stated in form of issuesOrder XIV Rule 1: Framing of issuesOrder XIV Rule 7: Court, if satisfied that agreement was executed in good faith, may pronounce judgment
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