CPC 1908 § Order XLIX, Rule 1 — Who may serve processes of High Court

Statutory text (English)

Notice to produce documents, summonses to
witnesses, and every other judicial process, issued in the exercise of the original civil jurisdiction of
the High Court, and of its matrimonial, testamentary and intestate jurisdictions, except summonses to
defendants, writs of execution and notices to respondents may be served by the attorneys in the suits,
or by persons employed by them, or by such other persons as the High Court, by any rule or order,
directs.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XLIX, Rule 1 (HIGH COURTS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 183, 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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