CPC Section 78 — Commissions issued by foreign Courts

Civil

Summary

This section applies to legal requests for witness testimony that come from certain courts outside the usual reach of the Code. It covers requests from courts in parts of India where this Code does not apply, courts set up by the Central Government outside India, and courts of any foreign country. The rules for handling and returning such requests will follow the same procedures used for domestic witness examination commissions, but only within any conditions or limits that have been officially set.

Official Text

78. Commissions issued by foreign Courts.-- Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed the provisions as to the execution and return of commissions for the examination of witnesses shall apply to commissions issued by or at the instance of

(a) Courts situate in any part of India to which the provisions of this Code do not extend; or

(b) Courts established or continued by the authority of the Central Government outside India; or

(c) Courts of any State or country outside India.