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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Section 85

PERSONS SPECIALLY APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT TO PROSECUTE OR DEFEND ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN RULERS

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Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Section 85 is part of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - PERSONS SPECIALLY APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT TO PROSECUTE OR DEFEND ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN RULERS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) The Central Government may, at the request of the Ruler of a foreign State or at the request of any person competent in the opinion of the Central Government to act on behalf of such Ruler, by order, appoint any persons to prosecute or defend any suit on behalf of such Ruler, and any persons so appointed shall be deemed to be the recognised agents by whom appearances, acts and applications under this Code may be made or done on behalf of such Ruler.

(2) An appointment under this section may be made for the purpose of a specified suit or of several specified suits, or for the purpose of all such suits as it may from time to time be necessary to prosecute or defend on behalf of such Ruler.

(3) A person appointed under this section may authorise or appoint any other persons to make appearances and applications and do acts in any such suit or suits as if he were himself a party thereto.

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What does Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Section 85 provide?

Section Section 85 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (PERSONS SPECIALLY APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT TO PROSECUTE OR DEFEND ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN RULERS) 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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