CPC 1908 § Order XXX, Rule 2 — Disclosure of partner’s names

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where a suit is instituted by partners in the name of
their firm, the plaintiffs or their pleader shall, on demand in writing by or on behalf of any defendant,
forthwith declare in writing the names and places of residence of all the persons constituting the firm
on whose behalf the suit is instituted.

(2) Where the plaintiffs or their pleader fail to Comply with any demand made under sub-rule

(1), all proceedings in the suit may, upon an application for that purpose, be stayed upon such terms
as the Court may direct.

(3) Where the names of the partners are declared in the manner referred to in sub-rule

(1), the
suit shall proceed in the same manner, and the same consequences in all respects shall follow, as if
they had been named as plaintiffs in the plaint:

Provided that all the proceedings shall nevertheless continue in the name of the firm.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXX, Rule 2 (SUITS BY OR AGAINST FIRMS AND PERSONS CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN NAMES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 140, 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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