1. Process to be served at expense of party issuing.—(1) Every process issued under this Code shall be served at the expense of the party on whose behalf it is issued, unless the Court otherwise directs.
(2) Costs of service.—The court-fee chargeable for such service shall be paid within a time to be fixed-before the process is issued.
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.
Every process issued under the Code is served at the expense of the party on whose behalf it is issued, unless the Court directs otherwise. The court-fee chargeable for service must be paid within a time fixed, before the process is issued.