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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXI Execution of Decrees and Orders · Sale of immovable property

Order XXI Rule 84: Deposit by purchaser and re-sale on default

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) On every sale of immovable property the person declared to be the purchaser shall pay immediately after such declaration a deposit of twenty-five per cent. on the amount of his purchase-money to the officer or other person conducting the sale, and in default of such deposit, the property shall forthwith be re-sold.

(2) Where the decree-holder is the purchaser and is entitled to set-off the purchase-money under rule 72, the Court may dispense with the requirements of this rule.

Questions on this rule

1 question in 5 of our papers cite Order XXI Rule 84. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Match List I (sale in execution under Order XXI of the CPC) with List II: List I A. Deposit to be paid by the declared purchaser of immovable property immediately after the declaration (Rule 84) B. Time for paying the full purchase-money for immovable property (Rule 85) C. Deposit for payment to the purchaser by a person applying to set aside the sale on deposit (Rule 89) D. Minimum interval between affixing the proclamation on the Court-house and the sale of movable property (Rule 68) List II 1. Before the Court closes on the fifteenth day from the sale 2. Twenty-five per cent of the purchase-money 3. Seven days 4. Five per cent of the purchase-money

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