{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-2.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-2.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/2.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.6",
  "heading": "Court documents to be sealed",
  "text": "(1) The court must seal(GL) the following documents on issue—\n(a) the claim form; and\n(b) any other document which a rule or practice direction requires it to seal.\n(2) The court may place the seal on the document by hand, by printing or electronically.\n(3) A document appearing to bear the court’s seal(GL) shall be admissible in evidence without further proof.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 2.6(2) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 3(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 2.6(3) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 3(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2.6 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/2.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}