CPC 1908 § Order XXV, Rule 1 — When security for costs may be required from plaintiff

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where, at any stage of a
suit, it appears to the Court that a sole plaintiff is, or (when there are more plaintiffs than one) that all
the plaintiffs are residing out of 1[Pakistan], and that such plaintiff does not, or that no one of such
plaintiff's does, possess any sufficient immoveable property within 1[Pakistan] other than the property
in suit, the Court may, either of its own motion or on the application of any defendant, order the
plaintiff or plaintiffs, within a time fixed by it, to give security for the payment of all costs incurred
and likely to be incurred by any defendant.

(2) Residence out of Pakistan. Whoever leaves 1[Pakistan] under such circumstances as to
afford reasonable probability that he will not be forthcoming whenever he may be called upon to pay
costs shall be deemed to be residing out of 1[Pakistan] within the meaning of sub-rule

(1).

(3) On the application of any defendant in a suit for the payment of money, in which the plaintiff
is a woman, the Court may at any stage of the suit make a like order if it is satisfied that such plaintiff
does not possess any sufficient immoveable property within 1[Pakistan].

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXV, Rule 1 (SECURITY FOR COSTS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 131, 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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