Order XX Rule 3

Judgment to be signed

Judgment and decree, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1Judgment to be signed-- The judgment shall be dated and signed by the Judge in open Court at the time of pronouncing it and, when once signed, shall not afterwards be altered or added, to save as provided by section 152 or on review.

1. The provisions of rules 1, 3, 4 and 5 are not applicable to the Chief Court of Oudh, see the Oudh Courts Act, 1925 (U. P. Act 4 of 1925), s. 16 (2).

How this Rule is cited

It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order XX Rule 3 CPC and Order 20 Rule 3 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.

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