The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(1) Women who, according to the customs and manners of the country, ought not to be compelled to appear in public shall be exempt from personal appearance in Court. (2) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to exempt such women from arrest in execution of civil process in any case in which the arrest of women is not prohibited by this Code.
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Official India Code text: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), English PDF (bitstream 123456789/2191/1/A190805.pdf, 3,275,360 bytes, sha256 8849fc32…) fetched directly from indiacode.nic.in (Akamai edge, DNS via dns.google) on 2026-07-29. Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest inline parser. Automated parse; footnotes/amendment history excluded; Schedule I (Orders/Rules) not included in the section list; spot-verified; full clause-level proofread pending.
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