CPC Section 40: Transfer of decree to Court in another State
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part 2: Execution
40. Transfer of decree to Court in another State.—Where a decree is sent for execution in another State, it shall be sent to such Court and executed in such manner as may be prescribed by rules in force in that State.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 36. Application to orders
- 37. Definition of Court which passed a decree
- 38. Court by which decree may be executed
- 39. Transfer of decree
- 41. Result of execution proceedings to be certified
- 42. Powers of Court in executing transferred decree
- 43. Execution of decrees passed by Civil Courts in places to which this Code does not extend
- 44. Execution of decrees passed by Revenue Courts in places to which this Code does not extend
- 44A. Execution of decrees passed by Courts in reciprocating territory
- 45. Execution of decrees outside India
- 46. Precepts
- 47. Questions to be determined by the Court executing decree
- 48. [Repealed.]
- 49. Transferee
- 50. Legal representative
- 51. Powers of Court to enforce execution
- 52. Enforcement of decree against legal representative
- 53. Liability of ancestral property
- 54. Partition of estate or separation of share
- 55. Arrest and detention
- 56. Prohibition of arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for money
- 57. Subsistence-allowance
- 58. Detention and release
- 59. Release on ground of illness
- 60. Property liable to attachment and sale in execution of decree
- 61. Partial exemption of agricultural produce
- 62. Seizure of property in dwelling house
- 63. Property attached in execution of decrees of several Courts
- 64. Private alienation of property after attachment to be void
- 65. Purchaser’s title
- 66. [Repealed.]
- 67. Power for State Government to make rules as to sales of land in execution of decrees for payment
- 68. [Repealed.]
- 69. [Repealed.]
- 70. [Repealed.]
- 71. [Repealed.]
- 72. [Repealed.]
- 73. Proceeds of execution-sale to be rateably distributed among decree-holders
- 74. Resistance to execution