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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXI Execution of Decrees and Orders · Mode of execution

Order XXI Rule 31: Decree for specific movable property

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) Where the decree is for any specific movable, or for any share in a specific movable, it may be executed by the seizure, if practicable, of the movable or share, and by the delivery thereof to the party to whom it has been adjudged, or to such person as he appoints to receive delivery on his behalf, or by the detention in the civil prison of the judgment-debtor, or by the attachment of his property, or by both.

(2) Where any attachment under sub-rule (1) has remained in force for 1[three months,] if the judgment-debtor has not obeyed the decree and the decree-holder has applied to have the attached property sold, such property may be sold, and out of the proceeds the Court may award to the decree-holder, in cases where any amount has been fixed by the decree to be paid as an alternative to delivery of movable property, such amount, and in other cases, such compensation as it thinks fit, and shall pay the balance (if any) to the judgment-debtor on his application.

(3) Where the judgment-debtor has obeyed the decree and paid all costs of executing the same which he is bound to pay, or where, at the end of 2[three months] from the date of the attachment, no application to have the property sold has been made, or, if made, has been refused, the attachment shall cease.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 72, ibid., for “six months” (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 72, for “Six months” (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

Questions on this rule

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  1. 1. Match List I (provision of Order XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908) with List II (period): List I A. Period for which an attachment under a decree for a specific movable must remain in force before the attached property may be sold (Rule 31(2)) B. Period for which an attachment under a decree for specific performance or injunction must remain in force before the attached property may be sold (Rule 32(3)) C. Minimum time before a growing crop that cannot be stored is likely to be fit to be cut, within which it may not be attached (Rule 45(5)) D. Maximum period for which a judgment-debtor may be left in the custody of a Court officer to enable him to satisfy the decree before an order of detention (Rule 40(3), proviso) List II 1. Fifteen days 2. Three months 3. Six months 4. Twenty days

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