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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XXXVII: Summary Procedure

Order XXXVII Rule 5 CPC: Power to order bill, etc., to be deposited with officer of Court

Bare Act text

5. Power to order bill, etc., to be deposited with officer of Court.—In any proceeding under this Order the Court may order the bill, hundi or note on which the suit is founded to be forthwith deposited with an officer of the Court, and may further order that all proceedings shall be stayed until the plaintiff gives security for the costs thereof.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

In any proceeding under Order XXXVII the Court may order the bill, hundi or note on which the suit is founded to be deposited forthwith with an officer of the Court. It may further order that all proceedings be stayed until the plaintiff gives security for the costs.

Order XXXVII: Summary Procedure

  1. 1 Courts and classes of suits to which the Order is to apply
  2. 2 Institution of summary suits
  3. 3 Procedure for the appearance of defendant
  4. 4 Power to set aside decree
  5. 5 Power to order bill, etc., to be deposited with officer of Court
  6. 6 Recovery of cost of noting non-acceptance of dishonoured bill or note
  7. 7 Procedure in suits