CPC 1908 § Order XI, Rule 17 — Time for inspection when notice given

Statutory text (English)

The party to whom such notice is given shall,
within ten days from the receipt of such notice, deliver to the party giving the same a notice stating a
time within three days from the delivery thereof at which the documents, or such of them as he does
not object to produce, may be inspected at the office of his pleader, or in the case of bankers' books
or other books of account or books in constant use for the purposes of any trade or business, at their
usual place of custody, and stating which (if any) of the documents he objects to produce, and on what
ground. Such notice shall be in Form No.8 in Appendix C, with such variations as circumstances may
require.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XI, Rule 17 (DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 83, 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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