CPC 1908 § Order XIII, Rule 1 — Documentary evidence to be produced at first hearing

Statutory text (English)

(1) The parties or their pleaders
shall produce, at the first hearing of the suit, all the documentary evidence of every description in their
possession or power, on which they intend to rely, and which has not already been filed in Court,
and all documents which the Court has ordered to be produced.

(2) The Court shall receive the documents so produced:

Provided that they are accompanied by
an accurate list thereof prepared in such form as the High Court directs.
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(3) On production of documents under this rule, the Court may call upon the parties to admit
or deny the documents produced in the Court and record their admission or, as the case may be, denial.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XIII, Rule 1 (PRODUCTION, IMPOUNDING AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 86, 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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