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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XII: Admissions

Order XII Rule 3A CPC: Power of Court to record admission

Bare Act text

[3A. Power of Court to record admission.—Notwithstanding that no notice to admit documents has been given under rule 2, the Court may, at any stage of the proceeding before it, of its own motion, call upon any party to admit any document and shall, in such a case, record whether the party admits or refuses or neglects to admit such document.]

Amendment notes

  1. Ins. by Act 66 of 1956, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-1-1957).

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

Even if no notice to admit documents has been given under rule 2, the Court may at any stage of the proceeding, on its own motion, call upon any party to admit a document. In that case the Court shall record whether the party admits, refuses or neglects to admit the document. The rule was inserted by Act 66 of 1956.

Order XII: Admissions

  1. 1 Notice of admission of case
  2. 2 Notice to admit documents
  3. 2A Document to be deemed to be admitted if not denied after service of notice to admit documents
  4. 3 Form of notice
  5. 3A Power of Court to record admission
  6. 4 Notice to admit acts
  7. 5 Form of admissions
  8. 6 Judgment on admissions
  9. 7 Affidavit of signature
  10. 8 Notice to produce documents
  11. 9 Costs