Order XXI Rule 57

Determination of attachment

Execution of Decrees and Orders, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1 [57. Determination of attachment.--(1) Where any property has been attached in execution of a decree and the Court, for any reason, passes an order dismissing the application for the execution of the decree, the Court shall direct whether the attachment shall continue or cease and shall also indicate the period upto which such attachment shall continue or the date on which such attachment shall cease.

(2) If the Court omits to give such direction, the attachment shall be deemed to have ceased.]

1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 72, for rule 57 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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