{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"596","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 596","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS [577. - 674.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements [588. - 599.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The party obtaining a postponement of a trial, if required by the adverse party, must consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party, who is in attendance, be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done; and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witnesses were produced.</p>","text":"The party obtaining a postponement of a trial, if required by the adverse party, must consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party, who is in attendance, be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done; and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witnesses were produced.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/issues-the-mode-of-trial-and-postponements-596","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}