(1) The court determines the scope of the evidence to be taken, notwithstanding the duty to establish the truth ex officio. Here the court also refers to the importance of the matter.
(2) If the court considers that the facts of the case have been cleared up in the light of the evidence taken so far, it may also reject an application for the taking of evidence, apart from the cases falling under section 244 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, where
1. upon exercise of its duty-bound discretion, the taking of evidence is not required to establish the truth, or
2. upon its unfettered assessment, the evidence or the fact to be proved is adduced without reasonable cause at such a late stage that the taking of evidence would lead to suspension of the main hearing.
(3) The reasons given for the rejection of an application to take evidence in accordance with subsection (2) number 1 may, in the court decision (section 244 (6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure), usually be confined to a statement to the effect that evidence does not need to be taken in order to establish the truth.