[1A. Inquiry into the means of an indigent person.—Every inquiry into the question whether or not a person is an indigent person shall be made, in the first instance, by the chief ministerial officer of the Court, unless the Court otherwise directs, and the Court may adopt the report of such officer as its own finding or may itself make an inquiry into the question.]
Amendment notes
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 inquiry into whether a person is indigent is made in the first instance by the chief ministerial officer of the Court, unless the Court otherwise directs. The Court may adopt the officer's report as its own finding or may itself make an inquiry into the question. This rule was inserted by the 1976 amendment.