{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-139.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/139",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Evidence of finding on question of foreign law",
  "text": "(1) This rule sets out the procedure which must be followed by a party who intends to put in evidence a finding on a question of foreign law by virtue of section 4(2) of the Civil Evidence Act 1972.\n(2) He must give the court notice of his intention—\n(a) if there are to be witness statements, not later than the latest date for filing them; or\n(b) otherwise, not less than 21 days before the hearing at which he proposes to put the finding in evidence\nand the court will give directions about service of the notice on any other party.\n(3) The notice must—\n(a) specify the question on which the finding was made; and\n(b) enclose a copy of a document where it is reported or recorded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}