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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXIX Suits by or against corporations

Order XXIX Rule 3: Power to require personal attendance of officer of corporation

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The Court may, at any stage of the suit, require the personal appearance of the secretary or of any director, or other principal officer of the corporation who may be able to answer material questions relating to the suit.

State Amendment (as printed in the official text)

Uttar Pradesh

Amendment of Order XXIX.— In the First Schedule, in Order XXIX, in rule 2, after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—

“(aa) on its corporation pleader in the district where the Court issuing summons is located, if one has been appointed and the appointment has been notified to the District Judge under rule 10 of Order XXVII, or.”

[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 12]

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