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Section 74 CPC — Resistance to execution

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Official PDF page 60

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74. Resistance to execution. — Where the Court is satisfied that the holder of a decree for the possession of immovable property or that the purchaser of immovable property sold in execution of a decree has been resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession of the property by the judgment -debtor or some person on his behalf and that such resistance or obstruction was without any just cause, the Court may, at the instance of the decree -holder or purchaser, order the judgment -debtor or such other person to be detained in the civil prison for a term which may extend to thirty days and may further direct that the decree-holder or purchaser be put into possession of the property. PART III INCIDENTAL PROCEEDINGS Commissions

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