CPC 1908 § Order XX, Rule 13 — Decree in administration suit

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where a suit is for an account of any property and for
its due administration under the decree of the Court, the Court shall, before passing the final decree,
pass a preliminary decree, ordering such accounts and inquiries to be taken and made, and giving such
other directions as it thinks fit.

(2) In the administration by the Court of the property of any deceased person, if such property
proves to be insufficient for the payment in full of his debts and liabilities, the same rules shall be
observed as to the respective rights of secured and unsecured creditors and as to debts and liabilities
provable, and as to the valuation of annuities and future and contingent liabilities respectively, as may
be in force for the time being, within the local limits of the Court in which the administration suit is
pending with respect to the estates of persons adjudged or declared insolvent; and all persons who in
any such case would be entitled to be paid out of such property, may come in under the preliminary
decree, and make such claims against the same as they may respectively be entitled to by virtue of this
Code.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XX, Rule 13 (JUDGMENT AND DECREE): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 100, 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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