- Order 21, rule 9 of Civil Procedure Rules : Costs
(1) Where the amount of costs has been—
(a) agreed between the parties;
(b) fixed by the judge or magistrate before the decree is drawn;
(c) certified by the registrar under section 68A of the Advocates
(Remuneration) Order (Sub. Leg. Cap. 16); or
(d) taxed by the court,
the amount of...
- Order 21, rule 10 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree for recovery of immovable property
Where the subject-matter of the suit is immovable property, the decree shall contain a description of such property sufficient to identify the same, and, where such property can be identified by boundaries or by numbers in a government record or survey, the decree shall specify such boundaries or...
- Order 21, rule 11 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree for delivery of movable property
Where the suit is in respect of movable property, and the decree is for the delivery of such property, the decree shall also state the amount of money to be paid as an alternative if delivery cannot be had.
- Order 21, rule 12 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree may direct payment by instalments
(1) Where and in so far as a decree is for the payment of money, the court may for any sufficient reason at the time of passing the decree order that payment of the amount decreed shall be postponed or shall be made by instalments, with or without interest, notwithstanding anything contained in the...
- Order 21, rule 13 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree for possession and mesne profits
(1) Where a suit is for the recovery of possession of immovable property and for rent or mesne profits, the court may pass a decree— (a) for the possession of the property;
(b) for the rent or mesne profits which have accrued on the property during a period prior to the institution of the suit or...
- Order 21, rule 14 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree in administration suit
(1) Where a suit is for an account in respect of any property or for its due administration under the decree of the court, the court shall, before passing the final decree, pass a preliminary decree ordering such accounts and inquiries to be taken and made, and giving such other directions as it...
- Order 21, rule 15 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree in suit for dissolution of partnership
Where a suit is for the dissolution of a partnership, or the taking of partnership accounts, the court, before passing a final decree, may pass a preliminary decree, declaring the proportionate shares of the parties, fixing the day on which the partnership shall stand dissolved, or be deemed to have...
- Order 21, rule 16 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree in suit for account between principal and agent
In a suit for an account of pecuniary transactions between a principal and an agent, and in any other suit not hereinbefore provided for, where it is necessary, in order to ascertain the amount of money due to or from any party, that an account should be taken, the court shall, before passing its...
- Order 21, rule 17 of Civil Procedure Rules : Special directions as to accounts
The court may, either by the decree directing an account to be taken or by any subsequent order, give special directions with regard to the mode in which the account is to be taken or vouched, and in particular may direct that in taking the account the books of account in which the accounts in...
- Order 21, rule 18 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree in suit for partition of property or separate possession of a share
Where a court passes a decree for the partition of property or for the separate possession of a share therein, the court may, if the partition or separation cannot be conveniently made without further inquiry, pass a preliminary decree declaring the rights of the parties interested in the property...
- Order 21, rule 19 of Civil Procedure Rules : Decree where set-off is allowed
(1) Where the defendant has been allowed a set-off against the claim of the plaintiff, the decree shall state what amount is due to the plaintiff and what amount is due to the defendant, and shall be for the recovery of any sum which appears to be due to either party.
(2) Any decree passed in a...
- Order 21, rule 20 of Civil Procedure Rules : Certified copies of judgment and decree to be furnished
The registrar, or in the case of a subordinate court, the presiding magistrate shall upon written request made by the parties or any of them, and upon payment of requisite fees, furnish certified copies of the judgment and decree:
Provided that nothing in this rule shall preclude the registrar or...
- Order 22, rule 1 of Civil Procedure Rules : Modes of paying money under decree
(1) All money payable under a decree or order shall be paid as follows—
(a) into the court whose duty it is to execute the decree;
(b) direct to the decree-holder; or
(c) otherwise as the court which made the decree directs.
(2) Where any payment is made under subrule (1) (a), notice of...
- Order 22, rule 2 of Civil Procedure Rules : Payment out of court to decree-holder
(1) Where any money payable under a decree of any kind is paid direct to the decreeholder or the decree is otherwise adjusted in whole or in part to the satisfaction of the decree-holder, the decree- holder may certify such payment or adjustment to the court whose duty it is to execute the decree,...
- Order 22, rule 3 of Civil Procedure Rules : Lands situate in more than one jurisdiction
Where immovable property forms one estate or tenure situate within the local limits of the jurisdiction of two or more courts, any one of such courts may attach and sell the entire estate or tenure.
- Order 22, rule 4 of Civil Procedure Rules : Procedure where court desires that its own decree shall be executed by another court
The court sending a decree for execution by another court shall send—
(a) a copy of the decree;
(b) a certificate setting forth that satisfaction of the decree has not been obtained by execution within the jurisdiction of the court by which it was passed, or, where the decree has been executed...
- Order 22, rule 5 of Civil Procedure Rules : Court receiving copies of decree to file same without proof
The court to which a decree is so sent shall cause such copies and certificates to be filed, without any further proof of the decree or order for execution, or of the copies thereof, unless the court, for any special reasons to be recorded under the hand of the judge, requires such proof.
- Order 22, rule 6 of Civil Procedure Rules : Application for execution
Where the holder of a decree desires to execute it, he shall apply to the court which passed the decree, or, if the decree has been sent under the provisions hereinbefore contained to another court, then to such court or to the proper officer thereof; and applications under this rule shall be in...
- Order 22, rule 7 of Civil Procedure Rules : Oral and written applications
(1) Where a decree is for the payment of money the court may, on the oral application of the decree-holder at the time of the passing of the decree, order immediate execution thereof by the arrest of the judgment-debtor, prior to the preparation of a warrant, if he is within the precincts of the...
- Order 22, rule 8 of Civil Procedure Rules : Application for attachment of movable property not in judgment-debtor’s possession
Where an application is made for the attachment of any movable property belonging to a judgment-debtor, but not in his possession, the decree-holder shall annex to the application an inventory of the property to be attached, containing a reasonably accurate description of the same.
- Order 22, rule 9 of Civil Procedure Rules : Application for attachment of immovable property to contain certain particulars
Where an application is made for the attachment of any immovable property belonging to a judgment-debtor, it shall contain at the foot—
(a) a description of such property sufficient to identify the same, and, in case
such property can be identified by boundaries, or numbers in Government records...
- Order 22, rule 10 of Civil Procedure Rules : Power to require certified extract from Land Registries in certain cases
Where an application is made for the attachment of any land which is registered in the Land Registries, the court may require the applicant to produce a certified extract from the register of such office, specifying the persons registered as proprietors of, or as possessing, any transferable...
- Order 22, rule 11 of Civil Procedure Rules : Application for execution by joint decree-holders
(1) Where a decree has been passed jointly in favour of more persons than one, any one or more of such persons may, unless the decree imposes any condition to the contrary, apply for the execution of the whole decree for the benefit of them all, or where any of them has died, for the benefit of the...
- Order 22, rule 12 of Civil Procedure Rules : Application for execution by transferee of decree
Where a decree or, if a decree has been passed jointly in favour of two or more persons, the interest of any decree-holder in the decree is transferred by assignment in writing or by operation of law, the transferee may apply for execution of the decree to the court which passed it; and the decree...
- Order 22, rule 13 of Civil Procedure Rules : Procedure on receiving an application for execution of decree
(1) On receiving an application for the execution of a decree as provided by rule 7(2), the court shall ascertain whether such of the requirements of rules 7 to 9 as may be applicable to the case have been complied with; and, if they have not been complied with, the court may reject the application,...
- Order 22, rule 14. of Civil Procedure Rules : Execution in case of cross-decrees
(1) Where applications are made to a court for the execution of cross-decrees in separate suits for the payment of two sums of money passed between the same parties and capable of execution at the same time by such court, then—
(a) if the two sums are equal, satisfaction shall be entered upon...
- Order 22, rule 15 of Civil Procedure Rules : Execution in case of cross-claims under same decree
Where application is made to a court for the execution of a decree under which two parties are entitled to recover sums of money from each other, then—
(a) if the two sums are equal, satisfaction for both shall be entered upon the decree; and
(b) if the two sums are unequal, execution may be...
- Order 22, rule 16 of Civil Procedure Rules : Cross-decrees and cross-claims in mortgage suits
The provisions of rules 14 and 15 shall apply when one or both of the decrees for sale is in enforcement of a mortgage or charge.
- Order 22, rule 17 of Civil Procedure Rules : Simultaneous execution
The court may, in its discretion, refuse execution at the same time against the person and property of the judgment-debtor.
- Order 22, rule 18 of Civil Procedure Rules : Notice to show cause against execution in certain cases
(1) Where an application for execution is made—
(a) more than one year after the date of the decree;
(b) against the legal representative of a party to the decree; or (c) for attachment of salary or allowance of any person under rule 43,
the court executing the decree shall issue a notice...