CPC 1908 § Order XX, Rule 14 — Decree in pre-emption suit

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where the Court decrees a claim to pre-emption in
respect of a particular sale of property and the purchase-money has not been paid into Court, the decree
shall—
(a) specify a day on or before which the purchase-money shall be so paid, and
(b) direct that on payment into Court of such purchase-money, together with the
costs (if any) decreed against the plaintiff, on or before the day referred to in
clause (a), the defendant shall deliver possession of the property to the plaintiff,
whose title thereto shall be deemed to have accrued from the date of such
payment, but that, if the purchase-money and the costs (if any) are not so paid,
the suit shall be dismissed with costs

(2) Where the Court has adjudicated upon rival claims to pre-emption, the decree shall direct,—
(a) if and in so far as the claims decreed are equal in degree, that the claim of each
pre-emptor complying with the provisions of sub-rule

(1) shall take effect in
respect of a proportionate share of the property including any proportionate
share in respect of which the claim of any pre-emptor failing to comply with the
said provisions would, but for such default, have taken effect ; and
(b) if and in so far as the claims decreed are different in degree, that the claim of
the inferior pre-emptor shall not take effect unless and until the superior
pre-emptor has failed to comply with the said provisions.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XX, Rule 14 (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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