CPC 1908 § Order XXI, Rule 66 — Proclamation of sales by public auction

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where any property is ordered to be sold
by public auction in execution of a decree, the Court shall cause a proclamation of the intended sale to
be made in the language of such Court.

(2) Such proclamation shall be drawn up after notice to the decree-holder and the
judgment-debtor and shall state the time and place of sale, and specify as fairly an daccurately as
possible—
(a) the property to be sold ;
(b) the revenue assessed upon the estate or part of the estate, where the property to
be sold is an interest in an estate or in part of an estate paying revenue to the
Government;
(c) any incumbrance to which the property is liable;
(d) the amount for the recovery of which the sale is ordered; and
(e) every other thing which the Court considers material for a purchaser to know in
order to judge of the nature and value of the property.

(3) Every application for an order for sale under this rule shall be accompanied by a statement
signed and verified in the manner hereinbefore prescribed for the signing and verification of pleadings
and containing, so far as they are known to or can be ascertained by the person making the verification,
the matters required by sub-rule

(2) to be specified in the proclamation.

(4) For the purpose of ascertaining the matters to be specified in the proclamation, the Court
may summon any person whom it thinks necessary to summon and may examine him in respect to any
such matters and require him to produce any document in his possession or power relating thereto.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXI, Rule 66 (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. 120, 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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