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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER VI Pleadings generally

Order VI Rule 15: Verification of pleadings

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) Save as otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, every pleading shall be verified at the foot by the party or by one of the parties pleading or by some other person proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be acquainted with the facts of the case.

(2) The person verifying shall specify, by reference to the numbered paragraphs of the pleading, what he verifies of his own knowledge and what he verifies upon information received and believed to be true.

(3) The verification shall be signed by the person making it and shall state the date on which and the place at which it was signed.

1[(4) The person verifying the pleading shall also furnish an affidavit in support of his pleadings.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 46 of 1999, s. 16 (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).

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