CPC 1908 § Order XXI, Rule 69 — Adjournment or stoppage of sale

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Court may, in its discretion, adjourn any sale
hereunder to a specified day and hour, and the officer conducting any such sale may in his discretion
adjourn the sale, recording his reasons for such adjournment:

Provided that, where the sale is made in, or within the precincts of, the court-house, no such
adjournment shall be made without the leave of the Court.

(2) Where a sale is adjourned under sub-rule

(1) for a longer period than seven days, a fresh
proclamation under rule 67 shall be made, unless the judgment-debtor consents to waive it.

(3) Every sale shall be stopped if, before the lot is knocked down, the debt and costs (including
the costs of the sale) are tendered to the officer conducting the sale, or proof is given to his satisfaction
that the amount of such debt and costs has been paid into the Court which ordered the sale.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXI, Rule 69 (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, 121, 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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