CPC 1908 § Appendix B, Form 1 — SUMMONS FOR DISPOSAL OF SUIT. (O. 5, r. 1, 5)

Statutory text (English)

(Title)
To
[Name, description and place of residence]
WHEREAS ;
has instituted a suit against you for you are hereby summoned to appear in this court in
person or by a pleader duly instructed, and able to answer all material questions relating to the suit, or who shall
be accompanied by some person able to answer all such questions, on the day
of 19, at o'clock in the noon, to answer the
claim; and as the day fixed for your appearance is appointed for the final disposal of the suit, you must
be prepared to produce on that day all the witnesses upon whose evidence and all the documents upon
which you intend to rely in support of your defence.
Take notice that, in default of your appearance on the day before mentioned, the suit will be
heard and determined in your absence.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the Court, this day of 19.
Judge.
NOTICE.—1. Should you apprehend your witnesses will not attend of their own accord, you can have
a summons from this Court to compel the attendance of any witness, and the production
of any document that you have a right to call upon the witness to produce, on applying to
the Court and on depositing the necessary expenses.
2. If you admit the claim, you should pay the money into Court together with the costs of
the suit, to avoid execution of the decree, which may be against your person or property,
or both.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Appendix B, Form 1 (Appendix B (PROCESS)): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Appendices A-H statutory forms, pp. 185-318; printed FOURTH/FIFTH Schedule stubs omitted/repealed), p. 219, 220, ingested 2026-09-15.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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