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PART XI MISCELLANEOUS

Section 132: Exemption of certain women from personal appearance

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) Women who, according to the customs and manners of the country, ought not to be compelled to appear in public shall be exempt from personal appearance in Court.

(2) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to exempt such women from arrest in execution of civil process in any case in which the arrest of women is not prohibited by this Code.

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Assertion (A): Under Section 132 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a woman who, according to the customs and manners of the country, ought not to be compelled to appear in public is exempt from arrest in execution of civil process in every case. Reason (R): Section 132(2) provides that nothing in that section exempts such women from arrest in execution of civil process in any case in which the arrest of women is not prohibited by the Code.

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