CPC 1908 § 123 — Constitution of Rules Committees in certain Provinces

Statutory text (English)

(1) A Committee, to be called
the Rule Committee, shall be constituted at 1[the town which is the usual place of sitting of each of the
High Courts 2[* * *] 3[* * *] referred to in section 122].

(2) Each such Committee shall consist of the following persons, namely:—
(a) three Judges of the High Court established at the town at which such Committee
is constituted, one of whom at least has served as a District Judge or 4* * * a
Divisional Judge for three years,
5[* * * * * * *]
[(c) two advocates practising in that Court, and]
(d) a Judge of a Civil Court subordinate to the High Court,
5[* * * * * * *]

(3) The members of each such Committee shall be appointed by the Chief Justice 6[* * *] who
shall also nominate one of their member to be President:

Provided that, if the Chief Justice 6[* * *] elects to be himself a member of a Committee, the
number of other Judges appointed to be members shall be two, and the Chief Justice 6[* * *] shall be
the President of the Committee.

(4) Each member of any such Committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed
by the Chief Justice 6[* * *] in this behalf; and whenever any member retires, resigns, dies or ceases
to reside in the Province in which the Committee was constituted, or becomes incapable of acting as a
member of the Committee, the said Chief Justice 6[* * *] may appoint another person to be a member
in his stead.

(5) There shall be a Secretary to each such Committee, who shall be appointed by the Chief
Justice 6[* * * ] and shall receive such remuneration as may be provided in this behalf 7[by the
Provincial Government].

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) s.123: 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. 50, 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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