Order XIII Rule 8: Court may order any document to be impounded
The Code of Civil Procedure · Code of Civil Procedure · Order XIII · in_force
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Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 5 or rule 7 of this Order or in rule 17 of Order VII, the Court may, if it sees sufficient cause, direct any document or book produced before it in any suit to be impounded and kept in the custody of an officer of the Court, for such period and subject to such conditions as the Court thinks fit.
Effective date: 1909-01-01
Related sections
Order XIII Rule 7: Recording of admitted and return of rejected documentsOrder XIII Rule 9: Return of admitted documentsOrder XIII Rule 6: Endorsements on documents rejected as inadmissible in evidenceOrder XIV Rule 1: Framing of issuesOrder XIII Rule 5: Endorsements on copies of admitted entries in books, accounts and recordsOrder XIV Rule 2: Issue of law and fact
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