CPC 1908 § 85 — Persons specially appointed by Government to prosecute or defend for Ruler of

Statutory text (English)

foreign State.— 8[
(1) Persons specially appointed by order of the 7[Federal Government] at the request
of the Ruler of any foreign State, or at the request of any person competent, in the opinion of the
7[Federal Government], to act on behalf of such Ruler, to prosecute or defend any suit on his behalf,
shall be deemed to be the recognized agents by whom appearances, acts and applications under this
Code may be made or done on behalf of such Ruler.]
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(2) An appointment under this section may be made for the purpose of a specified suit or of
several specified suits, or for the purpose of all such suits as it may from time to time be necessary to
prosecute or defend on behalf of the 10[Ruler].

(3) A person appointed under this section may authorise or appoint persons to make
appearances and applications and do acts in any such suit or suits as if he were himself a party thereto.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) s.85: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (Act No. V of 1908; portal status 'Under Review'; reflects amendments through the CPC (Amendment) Act, 2023 incl. inserted s.159), p. 40, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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