CPC Section 81: Exemption from arrest and personal appearance
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part 4: Suits in Particular Cases
81. Exemption from arrest and personal appearance.—In a suit instituted against a public officer in respect of any act purporting to be done by him in his official capacity—
(a) the defendant shall not be liable to arrest nor his property to attachment otherwise than in execution of a decree, and,
(b) where the Court is satisfied that the defendant cannot absent himself from his duty without detriment to the public service, it shall exempt him from appearing in person.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 79. Suits by or against Government
- 80. Notice
- 82. Execution of decree
- 83. When aliens may sue
- 84. When foreign States may sue
- 85. Persons specially appointed by Government to prosecute or defend on behalf of foreign Rulers
- 86. Suits against foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys
- 87. Style of foreign Rulers as parties to suits
- 87A. Definitions of “foreign State” and “Ruler”
- 87B. Application of sections 85 and 86 to Rulers of former Indian States
- 88. Where interpleader-suit may be instituted