Where the suit is founded upon a negotiable instrument, and it is proved that the instrument is lost, and an indemnity is given by the plaintiff, to the satisfaction of the Court, against the claims of any other person upon such instrument, the Court may pass such decree as it would have passed if the plaintiff had produced the instrument in Court when the plaint was presented, and had at the same time delivered a copy of the instrument to be filed with the plaint.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER VII Plaint · Documents relied on in plaint
Order VII Rule 16: Suits on lost negotiable instruments
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Questions on this rule
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