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PART I SUITS IN GENERAL · SUMMONS AND DISCOVERY

Section 32: Penalty for default

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The Court may compel the attendance of any person to whom a summons has been issued under section 30 and for that purpose may—

(a) issue a warrant for his arrest;

(b) attach and sell his property;

(c) impose a fine upon him 1[not exceeding five thousand rupees];

(d) order him to furnish security for his appearance and in default commit him to the civil prison.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 46 of 1999, s. 4, for “not exceeding five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).`

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  1. 1. To compel the attendance of a person to whom a summons has been issued under Section 30, the Court may, under Section 32 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, impose a fine upon him not exceeding:

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