{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/31.23",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31.23",
  "heading": "False, disclosure statements",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against a person if they make, or cause to be made, a false disclosure statement, without an honest belief in its truth.\n(Part 81 deals with proceedings in relation to contempt of court.)\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 31.23 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rules 1(b), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.23(1) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.23 substituted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rules 1(1), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 31.23(2) omitted (1.10.2012) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2208), rules 1, 5(b) (with rule 20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/31.23",
    "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."
}