CPC 1908 § Order XXXII, Rule 5 — Representation of minor by next friend or guardian for the suit

Statutory text (English)

(1) Every application
to the Court on behalf of a minor, other than an application under rule 10, sub-rule

(2), shall be made
by his next friend or by his guardian for the suit.

(2) Every order made in a suit or on any application, before the Court in or by which a minor
is in any way concerned or affected, without such minor being represented by a next friend or guardian
for the suit, as the case may be, may be discharged and, where the pleader of the party at whose instance
such order was obtained knew, or might reasonably have known, the fact of such minority, with costs
to be paid by such pleader.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXXII, Rule 5 (SUITS BY OR AGAINST MINORS AND PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 143, 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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