Section 6: Procedure in civil trials

6. Procedure in civil trials.—Proceedings under this Ordinance relating to claims or suits shall be conducted in the manner hereinafter provided, namely (i) Every claim or suit before the Court shall be instituted by presentation of a plaint duly verified on oath or solenm affirmation; (ii) the plaint shall contain all material facts relating to the claim or dispute, a schedule giving the number of witnesses intended to be produced in support of the plaint, the names and addresses of witnesses and a brief summary of the facts to which they would depose; (iii) where a plaintiff sues or relies upon a document in his possession or power, he shall produce it in the Court either in original or copy thereof alongwith the plaint; (iv) where a plaintiff relies on any other document, not in his possession or power as evidence in support of his claim, he shall enter such document in a list to be appended to the plaint, giving reasons of relevancy to the claim in the plaint; (v) the plaint shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof including the schedule and the lists of documents referred to in clause (4) as there are defendants in the suit, for service upon the defendants; and (vi) the plaint shall be accompanied by one time process fee of twenty-five rupees.

Effective date: 2002-01-01

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