THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXVII Suits by or against the government or public officers in their official capacity

Order XXVII Rule 3: Plaints in suits by or against Government

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

In suits by or ¹[against the Government], instead of inserting in the plaint the name and description and place of residence of the plaintiff or defendant, it shall be sufficient to insert ²[the appropriate name as provided in section 79 ³***.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. ibid., for “against the Secretary of State for India in Council”.
2.Subs. by A.O. 1937, for “the Secretary of State for India in Council”.
3.The words ‘or’ if the suit is against the Secretary of State, the words “the Secretary of State” omitted by the A.O. 1948.

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