{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-22.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-22.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/22.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.4",
  "heading": "Power of the court to require a document to be verified",
  "text": "(1) The court may order a person who has failed to verify a document in accordance with rule 22.1 to do so.\n(2) Any party may apply for an order under paragraph (1).\n(Rule 32.14 states that verifying a statement of case containing a false statement without an honest belief in its truth may result in proceedings for contempt of court.)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 22.4(1) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 13(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 22.4 inserted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 13(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 22.4 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/22.4",
    "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."
}