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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXXIII Suits by indigent persons

Order XXXIII Rule 17: Defence by an indigent person

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1[Any defendant, who desire to plead a set-off or counter-claim, may be allowed to set up such claim as an indigent person, and the rules contained in this Order shall so far as may be, apply to him as if he were a plaintiff and his written statement were a plaint.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by s. 81, ibid. (w.e.f. .1-2-1977).

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