CPC 1908 § Order XXXIX, Rule 3 — Before granting injunction Court to direct notice to opposite party

Statutory text (English)

The Court shall in
all cases, before granting an injunction direct notice of the application for the same to be given to the
opposite-party:
3[
Provided that, except in the case of sale of goods for default in payment, at the stipulated
time, of a debt in respect of which the goods were pledged with any bank, or where the injunction is
to be granted against Government or a Government servant as such or any statutory authority, board
or corporation set up or established by Government in any case not involving the ejectment of any
person from, or the demolition of, any premises, the Court may, where it appears that the object of
granting injunction would be defeted by the delay, dispense with such notice:

Provided further that the period of notice under this rule to Government or a Government
servant as such or any statutory authority, board or corporation set up or established by Government
shall not be less than two days nor exceed seven days.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XXXIX, Rule 3 (TEMPORARY INJUNCTIONS AND INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 163, 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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