Is It Permissible to Copy All Documents and Evidence in a Civil Case?

Clause 8, Article 70 of the Civil Procedure Code of 2015 stipulates the rights of the involved parties, including the right to:

- Be informed, record, and copy documents and evidence submitted by other involved parties or collected by the Court, except for documents and evidence stipulated in Clause 2, Article 109 of this Code.

Meanwhile, Article 109 of this Code stipulates as follows:

- All evidence shall be publicly disclosed and equally used, except for cases stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

- The Court shall not disclose the content of documents and evidence related to state secrets, national customs and traditions, professional secrets, business secrets, personal secrets, and family secrets per the legitimate request of the involved parties but must inform the involved parties about the documents and evidence that are not publicly disclosed.

- Procedure-conducting persons and procedure participants must keep confidential the documents and evidence under the cases stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article following the provisions of law.

Thus, not all documents and evidence in civil cases are allowed to be copied.

The involved parties will not be permitted to copy documents and evidence related to state secrets, national customs and traditions, professional secrets, business secrets, personal secrets, and family secrets per the legitimate request of the involved parties.

Sincerely!