CPC 1908 § Order XXXVI, Rule 3 — Agreement to be filed and regietered as suit

Statutory text (English)

(1) The agreement, if framed in accordance
with the rules hereinbefore contained, may be filed in the Court which would have jurisdiction to
entertain a suit, the amount or value of the subject-matter of which is the same as the amount or value
of the subject-matter of the agreement.

(2) The agreement when so filed, shall be numbered and registered as a suit between one or
more of the parties claiming to be interested as plaintiff or plaintiffs, and the other or the others of
them as defendant or defendants; and notice shall be given to all the parties to the agreement, other
than the party or parties by whom it was presented.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXXVI, Rule 3 (SPECIAL CASE): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 157, 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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