CPC 1908 § Order XXVI, Rule 4 — Persons for whose examination commission may issue

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any Court may in any suit
issue a commission for the examination of—
(a) any person resident beyond the local limits of its jurisdiction ;
(b) any person who is about to leave such limits before the date on which he is
required to be examined in Court ; and
(c) 1[any person in the service of the 2[State]] who cannot, in the opinion of the
Court, attend without detriment to the public service.

(2) Such commission may be issued to any Court, not being a High Court, within the local
limits of whose jurisdiction such person resides, or to any pleader or other person whom the Court
issuing the commission may appoint.

(3) The Court on issuing any commission under this rule shall direct whether the commission
shall be returned to itself or to any subordinate Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXVI, Rule 4 (COMMISSIONS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 132, 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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