Arrest and detention Section 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, be brought before the Court, and his detention may be in the civil prison of the district inKEEP READING
Section 56. Prohibition of arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for money. Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the Court shall not order the arrest or detention in the civil prison of a woman in execution of a decree for the payment of money. Read CPC in aKEEP READING
Section 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. Read CPC in a better and systematic way. Download beautiful, colourful CPC PDF.KEEP READING
Section 59. Release on ground of illness. (1) At any time after a warrant for the arrest of a judgment-debtor has been issued the Court may cancel it on ground of his serious illness. (2) Where a judgment-debtor has been arrested, the Court may release him if, in its opinion,KEEP READING
Attachment Section 60. Property liable to attachment and sale in execution of decree. (1) The following property is liable to attachment and sale in execution of a decree, namely, lands, houses or other buildings, goods, money, banknotes, cheques, bills of exchange, hundis, promissory notes, Government securities, bonds or other securitiesKEEP READING
Section 61. Partial exemption of agricultural produce. The State Government may, by general or special order published in the Official Gazette, declare that such portion of agricultural produce, or of any class of agricultural produce, as may appear to the State Government to be necessary for the purpose of providingKEEP READING
Section 62. Seizure of property in dwelling-house. (1) No person executing any process under this Code directing or authorising seizure of movable property shall enter any dwelling-house after sunset and before sunrise. (2) No outer door of a dwelling-house shall be broken open unless such dwelling-house is in the occupancyKEEP READING
Section 63. Property attached in execution of decrees of several Courts. (1) Where property not in the custody of any Court is under attachment in execution of decrees of more Courts than one, the Court which shall receive or realise such property and shall determine any claim thereto any objectionKEEP READING
Section 64. Private alienation of property after attachment to be void. Where an attachment has been made, any private transfer or delivery of the property attached or of any interest there in and any payment to the judgment-debtor of any debt, dividend or other monies contrary to such attachment, shallKEEP READING
Sale Section 65. Purchaser’s title. Where immovable property is sold in execution of a decree and such sale has become absolute, the property shall be deemed to have vested in the purchaser from the time when the property is sold and not from the time when the sale becomes absolute.KEEP READING
Section 66. Repealed Read CPC in a better and systematic way. Download beautiful, colourful CPC PDF.KEEP READING
Section 67. Power for State Government to make rules as to sales of land in execution of decrees for payment of money. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for any local area imposting conditions in respect of the sale of any class ofKEEP READING
Delegation to Collector of power to execute decrees against immovable property. Section 68 to Section 72. [Repealed] Rep. by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1956 (66 of 1956), s.7. Read CPC in a better and systematic way. Download beautiful, colourful CPC PDF.KEEP READING
Distribution of assets Section 73. Proceeds of execution-sale to be rateably distributed among decree-holders. (1) Where assets are held by a Court and more persons than one have, before the receipt of such assets, made application to the Court for the execution of decrees for the payment of money passedKEEP READING
Resistance to execution Section 74. Resistance to execution. Where the Court is satisfied that the holder of a decree for the possession of immovable property or that the purchaser of immovable property sold in execution of a decree has been resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession of the property by theKEEP READING
PART III (75-78) – INCIDENTAL PROCEEDINGS Commissions Section 75. Power of court to issue commissions. Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, the court may issue a commission- (a) to examine any person; (b) to make a local investigation; (c) to examine or adjust accounts; or (d)KEEP READING
