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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XX Judgment and decree

Order XX Rule 6: Contents of decree

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) The decree shall agree with the judgment; it shall contain the number of the suit, the 1[names and descriptions of the parties, their registered addresses,] and particulars of the claim, and shall specify clearly the relief granted or other determination of the suit.

(2) The decree shall also state the amount of costs incurred in the suit, and by whom or out of what property and in what proportions such costs are to be paid.

(3) The Court may direct that the costs payable to one party by the other shall be set off against any sum which is admitted or found to be due from the former to the latter.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 70, ibid., for “names and descriptions of the parties” (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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