{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-39.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-39.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/39.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "39.7",
  "heading": "Impounded documents",
  "text": "(1) Documents impounded by order of the court must not be released from the custody of the court except in compliance—\n(a) with a court order; or\n(b) with a written request made by a Law Officer or the Director of Public Prosecutions.\n(2) A document released from the custody of the court under paragraph(1)(b) must be released into the custody of the person who requested it.\n(3) Documents impounded by order of the court, while in the custody of the court, may not be inspected except by a person authorised to do so by a court order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 39.7 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/39.7",
    "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."
}