Legal basis: the provisions of executing the lawyer's investigation order in civil litigation.
Article 2 An application for a lawyer's investigation order may be made at the stages of prosecution, trial and execution. The lawyer's investigation order does not apply in the retrial review stage. In the prosecution stage, the application for lawyer's investigation order should be made after the indictment and relevant evidence are submitted, and the evidence for investigation should be limited to the prosecution evidence related to jurisdiction acceptance. At the trial stage, the application for a lawyer's investigation order should be made after the case is accepted and before the expiration of the time limit for adducing evidence. In the execution stage, the application for a lawyer's investigation order should be filed before the execution is completed, and the evidence for the application for investigation should be limited to the evidence related to the property status and actual performance ability of the executed person.
Article 3 The evidence collected by a lawyer's investigation order shall be documentary evidence, electronic data, audio-visual materials, expert opinions, inspection records, etc. , kept by the unit or individual under investigation, which is directly related to the facts of the case, but does not include witness testimony and material evidence.