THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXVI COMMISSIONS · Commissions issued at the instance of foreign Tribunals

Order XXVI Rule 21: To whom commission may be issued

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

A commission under rule 19 may be issued to any Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the witness resides, or, where ¹*** the witness resides within the

local limits of ²[the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court], to any person whom the Court thinks fit to execute the commission.

Footnotes in the official text

1.The words “the high Court is established under the Indian High Courts Act 1861, or the Government of India Act, 1915, and” omitted by the A.O. 1937.
2.Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for “its ordinary original civil jurisdiction”.

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