Order XXVII Rule 7: Extension of time to enable public officer to make reference to Government
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(1) Where the defendant is a public officer and, on receiving the summons, considers it proper to make a reference to [the Government] before answering the plaint, he may apply to the Court to grant such extension of the time fixed in the summons as may be necessary to enable him to make such reference and to receive orders thereon through the proper channel. (2) Upon such application the Court shall extend the time for so long as appears to it to be necessary.
Effective date: 1909-01-01
Related sections
Order XXVII Rule 6: Attendance of person able to answer questions relating to suit against GovernmentOrder XXVII Rule 8: Procedure in suits against public officerOrder XXVII Rule 5: Fixing of day for appearance on behalf of GovernmentOrder XXVII Rule 8A: No security to be required from Government or a public officer in certain casesOrder XXVII Rule 4: Agent for Government to receive processOrder XXVII Rule 8B: Definitions of “Government” and “Government pleader
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