{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/87.12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "87.12",
  "heading": "Writ of habeas corpus to give evidence or to answer a charge",
  "text": "(1) An application for a writ of habeas corpus to give evidence or a writ of habeas corpus to answer a charge must be made to a judge and be supported by a witness statement or affidavit.\n(2) A writ of habeas corpus to give evidence must be in Practice Form No. 91 ....\n(3) A writ of habeas corpus to answer a charge must be in Practice Form No. 92 ....\n(4) An application for an order to bring up a prisoner otherwise than by writ of habeas corpus, to give evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court, tribunal or judge, must be–\n(a) made to a judge or, in the case of an application for an order under section 57 of the County Courts Act 1984, a judge of the County Court; and\n(b) supported by a witness statement or affidavit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 87 inserted (6.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3299), rule 2(c), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 87.12(2) omitted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 33(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 87.12(3) omitted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 33(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/87.12",
    "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."
}