CPC 1908 § Order XIII, Rule 9 — Return of admitted documents

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any person, whether a party to the suit or not, desirous
of receiving back any document produced by him in the suit and placed on the record shall, unless the
document is impounded under rule 8, be entitled to receive back the same,—
(a) where the suit is one in which an appeal is not allowed, when the suit has been
disposed of, and
(b) where the suit is one in which an appeal is allowed, when the Court is satisfied
that the time for preferring an appeal has elapsed and that no appeal has been
preferred or, if an appeal has been preferred, when the appeal has been disposed
of:

Provided that a document may be returned at any time earlier than that prescribed by this rule
if the person applying therefor delivers to the proper officer a certified copy to the substituted for the
original and undertakes to produce the original if required to do so:

Provided also that no document shall be returned which, by force of the decree, has become
wholly void or useless.

(2) On the return of a document admitted in evidence, a receipt shall be given by the person
receiving it.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XIII, Rule 9 (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. 87, 88, 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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