CPC Section 29: Service of foreign summonses
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part 1: Suits in General
[29. Service of foreign summonses.—Summonses and other processes issued by—
(a) any Civil or Revenue Court established in any part of India to which the provisions of this Code do not extend, or
(b) any Civil or Revenue Court established or continued by the authority of the Central Government outside India, or
(c) any other Civil or Revenue Court outside India to which the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, declared the provisions of this section to apply, may be sent to the Courts in the territories to which this Code extends, and served as if they were summonses issued by such Courts.]
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Other sections in this chapter
- 9. Courts to try all civil suits unless barred
- 10. Stay of suit
- 11. Res judicata
- 12. Bar to further suit
- 13. When foreign judgment not conclusive
- 14. Presumption as to foreign judgments
- 15. Court in which suits to be instituted
- 16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate
- 17. Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts
- 18. Place of Institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain
- 19. Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movables
- 20. Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises
- 21. Objections to jurisdiction
- 21A. Bar on suit to set aside decree on objection as to place of suing
- 22. Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court
- 23. To what Court application lies
- 24. General power of transfer and withdrawal
- 25. Power of Supreme Court to transfer suits, etc
- 26. Institution of suits
- 27. Summons to defendants
- 28. Service of summons where defendant resides in another State
- 30. Power to order discovery and the like
- 31. Summons to witness
- 32. Penalty for default
- 33. Judgment and decree
- 34. Interest
- 35. Costs
- 35A. Compensatory costs in respect of false or vexatious claims or defences
- 35B. Costs for causing delay