{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"356","citation":"Evid. Code, § 356","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS [300. - 413.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Admitting and Excluding Evidence [350. - 406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-3/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [350. - 356.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-3/chapter-4/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where part of an act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence by one party, the whole on the same subject may be inquired into by an adverse party; when a letter is read, the answer may be given; and when a detached act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence, any other act, declaration, conversation, or writing which is necessary to make it understood may also be given in evidence.</p>","text":"Where part of an act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence by one party, the whole on the same subject may be inquired into by an adverse party; when a letter is read, the answer may be given; and when a detached act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence, any other act, declaration, conversation, or writing which is necessary to make it understood may also be given in evidence.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/general-provisions-356","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}