(1) Where the Government undertakes the defence of a suit against a public officer, the 1[Government pleader] upon being furnished with authority to appear and answer the plaint, shall apply to the court, and upon such application the Court shall cause a note of his authority to be entered in the register of civil suits.
(2) Where no application under sub-rule (1) is made by the 1[Government pleader] on or before the day fixed in the notice for the defendant to appear and answer, the case shall proceed as in a suit between private parties:
Provided that the defendant shall not be liable to arrest, nor his property to attachment, otherwise than in execution of a decree.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Crown pleader” which had been subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “Government pleader”.