CPC 1908 § Order XXI, Rule 22 — Notice to show cause against execution in certain cases

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where an application for
execution is made—
(a) more than one year after the date of the decree, or
(b) against the legal representative of a party to the decree,
1[or where an application is made for execution of a decree filed under the provisions of section 44A,]
the Court executing the decree shall issue a notice to the person against whom execution is applied for
requiring him to show cause, on a date to be fixed, why the decree should not be executed against him:

Provided that no such notice shall be necessary in consequence of more than one year having
elapsed between the date of the decree and the application for execution if the application is made
within one year from the date of the last order against the party against whom execution is applied for,
made on any previous application for execution, or in consequence of the application being made
against the legal representative of the judgment-debtor, if upon a previous application for execution
against the same person the Court has ordered execution to issue against him.

(2) Nothing in the foregoing sub-rule shall be deemed to preclude the Court from issuing any
process in execution of a decree without issuing the notice thereby prescribed, if, for reasons to be
recorded, it considers that the issue of such notice would cause unreasonable delay or would defeat the
ends of justice.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXI, Rule 22 (EXECUTION OF DECREES AND ORDERS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 106, 107, 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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