First Schedule · Order 26

Commissions

Rules restart their numbering within each Order. Rule 1 of this Order is not CPC Section 1.

  1. Rule 1: Cases in which Court may issue commission to examine witness
  2. Rule 2: Order for commission
  3. Rule 3: Where witness resides within Court’s jurisdiction
  4. Rule 4: Persons for whose examination commission may issue
  5. Rule 4A: Commission for examination of any person resident within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court
  6. Rule 5: Commission or request to examine witness not within India
  7. Rule 6: Court to examine witness pursuant to commission
  8. Rule 7: Return of commission with depositions of witnesses
  9. Rule 8: When depositions may be read in evidence
  10. Rule 9: Commissions to make local investigations
  11. Rule 10: Procedure of Commissioner
  12. Rule 10A: Commission for scientific investigation
  13. Rule 10B: Commission for performance of a ministerial act
  14. Rule 10C: Commission for the sale of movable property
  15. Rule 11: Commission to examine or adjust accounts
  16. Rule 12: Court to give Commissioner necessary instructions
  17. Rule 13: Commission to make partition of immovable property
  18. Rule 14: Procedure of Commissioner
  19. Rule 15: Expenses of commission to be paid into Court
  20. Rule 16: Powers of Commissioners
  21. Rule 16A: Questions objected to before the Commissioner
  22. Rule 17: Attendance and examination of witnesses before Commissioner
  23. Rule 18: Parties to appear before Commissioner
  24. Rule 18A: Application of order to execution proceedings
  25. Rule 18B: Court to fix a time for return of Commission
  26. Rule 19: Cases in which High Court may issue commission to examine witness
  27. Rule 20: Application for issue of commission
  28. Rule 21: To whom commission may be issued
  29. Rule 22: Issue, execution and return of commissions, and transmission of evidence to foreign Court
Study: explanations and related material

Banaka editorial consolidation of the general central text, with the 2025 postal-service amendments applied. Not an official or certified edition. State/High Court variations, commercial-dispute modifications and prescribed Appendix forms are not consolidated here; consult the source and applicable court rules. Hindi learning guides are original explanations, not a statutory translation. Source checked: 2026-10-01. Government reference PDF. 2025 amending Act. For reference and study, not individual legal advice.