Category CPC

Section 9 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Courts to try all civil suits unless barred. 9. Courts to try all civil suits unless barred.—The Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein contained) have jurisdiction to try all suits…

Section 8 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Presidency Small Cause Courts. 8. Presidency Small Cause Courts.—Save as provided in sections 24, 38 to 41, 75, clauses (a), (b) and (c), 76, 1 [77, 157 and 158], and by…

Section 7 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Provincial Small Cause Courts. 7. Provincial Small Cause Courts.—The following provisions shall not extend to Courts constituted under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887(9 of 1887) 1 [or under the…

Section 5 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Application of the Code to Revenue Courts. 5. Application of the Code to Revenue Courts.—(1) Where any Revenue Courts are governed by the provisions of this Code in those matters of…

Section 4 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Savings. 4. Savings.— (1) In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any special or local law…

Section 2 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Definitions. 2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “Code” includes rules; (2) “decree” means the formal expression of an adjudication which, so far…

Section 1 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Short title, commencement and extent 1. Short title, commencement and extent.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) It shall come into force on the…

The ‘Code of Civil Procedure’ is a procedure law, i.e., an adjective law. The Code neither creates nor takes away any right. It only helps in proving or implementing the ‘Substantive Law’. It mainly lays down the procedure to be…