{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/32",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-scotland-act-1988",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Leading of additional evidence.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 2 or 3 above, any person may at the proof, with leave of the court, at any time before the commencement of closing submissions—\n(a) be recalled as a witness whether or not he has been present in court since giving evidence initially; or\n(b) be called as an additional witness whether or not he has been present in court during the proof (or during any other part of the proceedings).\n(2) Nothing in section 3 of the Evidence (Scotland) Act 1840 (presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases) shall apply as respects a witness called or recalled under subsection (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1840 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/32/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:57.539677+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}