CPC 1908 § Appendix B, Form 13 — SUMMONS TO WITNESS (O. 16, rr. 1, 5)

Statutory text (English)

(Title)
To
WHEREAS your attendance is required to on behalf of the in the
above suit, you are hereby required [personally] to appear this Court on the day of
19, at o'clock in the forenoon, and to bring with you [ or to send to this
Court].
A sum of Rs., being your travelling and other expenses and subsistence allowance
for one day, is herewith sent. If you fail to comply with this order without lawful excuse, you will be
subject to the consequences of non-attendance laid down in rule 12 of Order XVI of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the Court, this day of
19. Judge.
NOTICE.—

(1) If you are summoned only to produce a document and not to evidence, you
shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if you cause such
document to be produced in this Court on the day and hour aforesaid.

(2) If you are detained beyond the day aforesaid, a sum of Rs. will be
tendered to you for each day's attendance beyond the day specified.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Appendix B, Form 13 (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1908' (First Schedule, Appendices A-H statutory forms, pp. 185-318; printed FOURTH/FIFTH Schedule stubs omitted/repealed), p. 227, ingested 2026-09-15.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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