Lawgist136Procedure where person to be arrested or property to be attached is out side district
(1) Where an application is made that any person shall be arrested or that any property shall be attached under any provision of this Code not relating to the execution of decrees, and such person resides or such property is situate outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court to which the application is made, the Court may, in its discretion, issue, a warrant of arrest of make an order of attachment, and send to the District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such person or property resides or is situate a copy of the warrant or order, together with the probable amount of the costs of the arrest or attachment.
(2) The District Court shall, on receipt of such copy and amount, cause the arrest or attachment to be made by its own officers, or by a Court subordinate to itself, and shall inform the Court which issued or made such warrant or order of the arrest or attachment.
(3) The Court making an arrest under this section shall send the person arrested to the Court by which the warrant of arrest was issued, unless he shows cause to the satisfaction of the former Court why he should not be sent to the later Court, or unless he furnishes sufficient security for his appearance before the later Court or for satisfying any decree that may be passed against him by that Court, in either of which cases the Court making the arrest shall release him.
(4) Where a person to be arrested or movable property to be attached under this section is within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal or at Madras or at Bombay, 1 *** the copy of the warrant of arrest or of the order of attachment, and the probable amount of the costs of the arrest or attachment, shall be sent to the Court of SmallCauses of Calcutta, Madras 2 [or Bombay], as the case may be, and that Court, on receipt of the copy and amount, shall proceed as if it were the District Court.
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1. The words or "of the Chief Court of Lower Burma", omitted by the A.O. 1937.
2. Subs., ibid., for "Bombay or Rangoon".
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- 133 Exemption of other persons
- 134 Arrest other than in execution of decree
- 135 Exemption from arrest under civil process
- 135A Exemption of members of legislative bodies from arrest and detention under civil process
- 136 Procedure where person to be arrested or property to be attached is out side district
- 137 Language of subordinate Courts
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- 139 Oath on affidavit by whom to be administered
- 140 Assessors in causes of salvage, etc
- 141 Miscellaneous proceedings
- 142 Orders and notices to be in writing
- 143 Postage
- 144 Application for restitution
- 145 Enforcement of liability of surety
- 146 Proceedings by or against representatives
- 147 Consent or agreement by persons under disability
- 148 Enlargement of time
- 148A Right to lodge a caveat
- 149 Power to make up deficiency of court-fees
- 150 Transfer of business
- 151 Saving of inherent powers of Court
- 152 Amendment of judgments, decrees or orders
- 153 General power to amend
- 153A Power to amend decree or order where appeal is summarily dismissed
- 153B Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court
- 154 [Repealed.]
- 155 [Repealed.]
- 156 [Repealed.]
- 157 Continuance of orders under repealed enactments
- 158 Reference to Code of Civil Procedure and other repealed enactments
