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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 153B

Placeof Trial to Be Deemed to Be Open Court

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 153B is part of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Placeof Trial to Be Deemed to Be Open Court. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[153B . Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court

The place in which any Civil Court is held for the purpose of trying any suit shall be deemed to be an open Court, to which the public generally may have access so far as the same can conveniently contain them:

Provided that the presiding Judge may, if he thinks fit, order at any stage of any inquiry into or trial of any particular case, that the public generally, or any particular person, shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the room or building used by the Court.]

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1. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 51 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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What does Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 153B provide?

Section Section 153B of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Placeof Trial to Be Deemed to Be Open Court) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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