CPC 1908 § 135 — Exemption from arrest under civil process

Statutory text (English)

(1) No Judge, Magistrate or other judicial
officer shall be liable to arrest under civil process while going to, presiding in, or returning from, his
Court.

(2) Where any matter is pending before a tribunal having jurisdiction therein, or believing in
good faith that it has such jurisdiction, the parties thereto, their pleaders, mukhtars, revenue-agents and
recognized agents, and their witnesses acting in obedience to a summons, shall be exempt from arrest
under civil process other than process issued by such tribunal for contempt of Court while going to or
attending such tribunal for the purpose of such matter, and while returning from such tribunal.

(3) Nothing in sub-section

(2) shall enable a judgment-debtor to claim exemption from arrest
under an order for immediate execution or where such judgment-debtor attends to show cause why he
should not be committed to prison in execution of a decree.
3[135A. Exemption of members of Legislative bodies from arrest and detention under civil
process.—

(1) No person shall be liable to arrest or detention in prison under civil process—
6[(a) if he is member of a 4[*] Legislature 4[* * *] 5[* * *],during the continuance
of any meeting of such Legislature 4[* *];]
(b) if he is a member of any committee of such 1[Legislature 4* * *], during the
continuance of any meeting of such committee;
6[* * * * * * *]
and during the fourteen days before and after such meeting or sitting.

(2) A person released from detention under sub-section (1 ) shall, subject to the provisions of
the said sub-section, be liable to re-arrest and to the further detention to which he would have been
liable if he had not been released under the provisions of sub-section

(1).]

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) s.135: 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. 53, 54, 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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