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Section 12 CPC — Bar to further suit

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Official PDF page 40

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12. Bar to further suit .—Where a pla intiff is precluded by rules from instituting a further suit in respect of any particular cause of action, he shall not be entitled to institute a suit in respect of such cause of action in any Court to which this Code applies.

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