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Section 58 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Detention and release” 58. Detention and release.—(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained,—(a) where the decree is for the payment…

Section 57 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Subsistence-allowance” 57. Subsistence-allowance.—The State Government may fix scales, graduated according to rank, race, and nationality, of monthly allowances payable for the subsistence of judgment-debtors.

Section 56 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Prohibition of arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for money” 56. Prohibition of arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for money –Notwithstanding anything in…

Section 55 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Arrest and detention” 55. Arrest and detention.—(1) A judgment-debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree at any hour and on any day, and shall, as soon as practicable,…

Section 54 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Partition of estate or separation of share” 54. Partition of estate or separation of share.—Where the decree is for the partition of an undivided estate assessed to the payment of…

Section 53 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Liability of ancestral property” 53. Liability of ancestral property.—For the purposes of section 50 and section 52, property in the hands of a son or other descendant which is liable…

Section 52 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Enforcement of decree against legal representative” 52. Enforcement of decree against legal representative.—(1) Where a decree is passed against a party as the legal representative of a deceased person, and…

Section 51 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Powers of Court to enforce execution” 51. Powers of Court to enforce execution.—Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, the Court may, on the application of the…

Section 50 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Legal representative”

Section 49 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Transferee” 49. Transferee.—Every transferee of a decree shall hold the same subject to the equities (if any) which the judgment-debtor might have enforced against the original decree-holder.

Section 47 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Questions to be determined by the Court executing decree” 47. Questions to be determined by the Court executing decree.—(1) All questions arising between the parties to the suit in which…

Section 46 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Precepts” 46. Precepts.—(1) Upon the application of the decree-holder the Court which passed the decree may, whenever it thinks fit, issue a precept to any other Court which would be…

Section 45 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Execution of decrees outside India” 1[45. Execution of decrees outside India.—So much of the foregoing sections of this Part as empowers a Court to send a decree for execution to…

1[Section 44A CPC – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – “Execution of decrees passed by Courts in reciprocating territory”] (1) Where a certified copy of a decree of any of the superior Courts 2*** of any reciprocating territory has been…