CPC 1908 § Order XVII, Rule 2 — Costs of adjournment

Statutory text (English)

In every such case the Court shall fix a day for the further hearing
of the suit, and may make such order as it thinks fit with respect to the costs occasioned by the
adjournment:

Provided that, when the hearing of evidence has once begun, the hearing of the suit shall be
continued from day to day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless the Court
finds the adjournment of the hearing beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be
recorded.
2. Procedure if parties fails to appear on day fixed. Where, on any day to which the hearing
of the suit is adjourned, the parties or any of them fail to appear, the Court may proceed to dispose of
the suit in one of the modes directed in that behalf by Order IX or make such other order as it thinks
fit.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XVII, Rule 2 (ADJOURNMENTS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 94, 95, 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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