Code of Civil Procedure
Master statutory directory covering all 158 sections of Code of Civil Procedure. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
Master statutory directory covering all 158 sections of Code of Civil Procedure. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
| Section | Statutory Provision & Subject | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Sec 1 | Short title, commencement and extent | Guide |
| Sec 2 | Definitions (Decree, Order, Judgment, Mesne Profits, Legal Representative) | Guide |
| Sec 3 | Subordination of Courts | Guide |
| Sec 4 | Savings | Guide |
| Sec 5 | Application of the Code to Revenue Courts | Guide |
| Sec 6 | Pecuniary jurisdiction | Guide |
| Sec 7 | Provincial Small Cause Courts | Guide |
| Sec 8 | Presidency Small Cause Courts | Guide |
| Sec 9 | Courts to try all civil suits unless barred | Guide |
| Sec 10 | Stay of suit (Res Sub-Judice) | Guide |
| Sec 11 | Res judicata | Guide |
| Sec 12 | Bar to further suit | Guide |
| Sec 13 | When foreign judgment not conclusive | Guide |
| Sec 14 | Presumption as to foreign judgments | Guide |
| Sec 15 | Court in which suits to be instituted | Guide |
| Sec 16 | Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate | Guide |
| Sec 17 | Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts | Guide |
| Sec 18 | Place of institution where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain | Guide |
| Sec 19 | Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movables | Guide |
| Sec 20 | Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises | Guide |
| Sec 21 | Objections to jurisdiction | Guide |
| Sec 22 | Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court | Guide |
| Sec 23 | To what Court application lies | Guide |
| Sec 24 | General power of transfer and withdrawal | Guide |
| Sec 25 | Power of Supreme Court to transfer suits, etc. | Guide |
| Sec 26 | Institution of suits | Guide |
| Sec 27 | Summons to defendants | Guide |
| Sec 28 | Service of summons where defendant resides in another State | Guide |
| Sec 29 | Service of foreign summonses | Guide |
| Sec 30 | Power to order discovery and the like | Guide |
| Sec 31 | Summons to witness | Guide |
| Sec 32 | Penalty for default | Guide |
| Sec 33 | Judgment and decree | Guide |
| Sec 34 | Interest | Guide |
| Sec 35 | Costs | Guide |
| Sec 36 | Application to orders (Execution) | Guide |
| Sec 37 | Definition of Court which passed a decree | Guide |
| Sec 38 | Court by which decree may be executed | Guide |
| Sec 39 | Transfer of decree | Guide |
| Sec 40 | Transfer of decree to Court in another State | Guide |
| Sec 41 | Result of execution proceedings to be certified | Guide |
| Sec 42 | Powers of Court in executing transferred decree | Guide |
| Sec 43 | Execution of decrees passed by Civil Courts in places to which this Code does not extend | Guide |
| Sec 44 | Execution of decrees passed by Revenue Courts in places to which this Code does not extend | Guide |
| Sec 45 | Execution of decrees outside India | Guide |
| Sec 46 | Precepts | Guide |
| Sec 47 | Questions to be determined by the Court executing decree | Guide |
| Sec 48 | Execution barred in certain cases (Repealed) | Guide |
| Sec 49 | Transferee | Guide |
| Sec 50 | Legal representative | Guide |