Section 4. After section

4. After section 337 of the said Codethe f olonring shall be inserted, namely :- Addition of aEter qection `337` of the Code. Proceedinge On wearatrce of judg. judg. menk$ebtor obedience to notice under sec- to 1 tion a r s ~ , / Or br .erecution after arrest br .erecution after arrest after arrest arrest of decree for I ! money. I I . . I - .. 1 I i 1 I - ! 1 I 1 1 ! I i s Proceedinge " 337A. (1) When a judgment-debtor appears 'be- On wear- fore the Court in obedience to a notice issued under atrce of judg. judg. menk$ebtor section 245B, or is brought before the Court after obedience being arrested in execution `d` a decree for money, and under sec- to notice it appears to the Court that the judgment-debtor is tion a r s ~ , unable from poverty or other sufficient cause to pay Or br .erecution after arrest br .erecution after arrest after arrest arrest the amount of the decree or, if that amoullt is payable of decree for by instalments, the amount of any instalment thereof, money. the Court may, upon such terms,.if any, as it thinks fit, make an order disallowing the application for his . . arrest and imprisonment, or directing his release, as the case may be. " (2) Before making an order under sub-section ( I ) , the Court may take into consideration any allegation of the decreebolder touching any of the following matters, namely :- (a) the decree being for a sum for which the judgment-debtor mas bound as a trustee or as aoting in any other fiduciary capacity to account ; (b) the transfer, concealment or removal by the judgment-debtor of any part of his property after the cinte of the institution of the suit in wllich the decree was made, or the com- mission .: .. i |||||||||.,|||.|.||||...: ..i| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||'|||||| |IS@.]<br>~ e b t o ~ s .|.|.||.||||,<br>.|.|||||.||,| |m-issiori byhjlidjf!6*thatdate6finy.&tJ+&<br>-<br>jct.ofbad faithiiiiwl&fiontohis propd.iit$i,<br>with the bbJ'ect op(jff&jtdfo ~ & , i ; ~ ~ f j ~ n . gUP|.&tJ+&|.&tJ+&|.<br>'.|||.<br>.<br>'.|..<br>.<br>.|||.<br>.|.|||||| |delaying the &t&&sl'd&r<br>id t;he e&cu-||||||||||||||||| |tionofthe decree3-<br>_(c.)_ahyuadue.oruni+enson&b& p$ef&eficegive*by||||||||||||||.|.|.'| |the judgment-debtor to anyofhis other'||||. '|. '||. '|.|.||.*|||'|'|| |creditdi-s;||||||||||||||||| |_(d)_his refusalornegf&abt;d@y<br>&aijhntdfthe<br>decree or some part bhereof wheehehas or|||. .<br>.<br>...||. .|. .||. .<br>.|. .<br>.|.|.<br>.. -.||. -.|-.|-.|| |since the dateufthe deep& htis had the|||,||,|||.,|||.,,|,-||-||| |meansofpaying it;|||||.||..|.||||.||||.| |fe)the 1iBel.i-l~ood<br>ofhis absconding or leaving the||'.|'.|||||.|.|||.|.<br>.|||| |jurisdiotionof,the Court with the object<br>oreffect mentionediuci.ause(b)of this|||.-'||||.-'|,|,||-|-||||| |sub-section.||||||||||||||||| |c3)3Vhile any of the matters mentioned-insub-|||||||.|..||.||.|.|.|.|.| |sectioii(2)are being cogsidered,. theCourtmayip||~|||||- . '|- . '|- . '||||:,|||| |its discretion orcler t11e judgment-debtor to,bei.@pri-<br>soned, or leave hirn in the custody of a? officerofthe|||||.-<br>.'.-I||||||.'.-I. .|. .,||,'|'|| |Court, or release him on his furnishing sufficient<br>security f o ~<br>ilkappearanceontherequisition of the<br>Court.<br>"(4)Ajudgment-debtor fel6heiIunder.this sec-|||||||.<br>.|.<br>.|.||.<br>..' .||.... ' .|||' .| |tion may be re-arrested.||||||||||||||||| |"(5)Ifthe Court does not make suchanorderas<br>iscment.ioned in sub-section_(0,_<br>it shiill cause the||||||||||..!||..!||||| |judgment-debtor to be al~restedifhe!has- not already||||||||||||||||| |been arrested and, subject to the other provisions of this|been arrested and, subject to the other provisions of this|||||||||||||||| |Code, commit him to jail."||||||||||||||||| |5.To section386of the said Code the following||Addition||||||||||Additiontd||||| |shall be added, namely:-<br>"On.the applicationofany defendant inasuit|suit|secti~n380<br>oftheCode,||||||||||||||| |for money in which tlie plaintiif is a woman the|for money in which tlie plaintiif is a woman the|||||||||||||||| |Court may atanystage of the suit makealike order|like order|||||||||||||||| |ifit is satisfied that such plaintiff does nGt p'ossess|it is satisfied that such plaintiff does nGt p'ossess|||||||-|-|-||||||| |any sufEioient immoveable property within British|any sufEioient immoveable property within British|||||||||||||||| |India indepewdent of the propP;r'ty in suit."||||||||||||||||| |6;In'section640ofthe.saidCode,after the|after the|after theAyendment<br>of section646||||||||||||||Ayendment:<br>646| of section 646 of tho Cddo. `D` R I . . Debtoly. [ACT vg ds f c from arrest in execution of civil process 9 9 the words 'f in an) case in.which the arrest of women is not prohibited by this Code '' shall be added. . . . . of bmendmeni section 642 7. '1n section 642 of the said Code, for the words of t~le Code. and figures " except as provided in sections 266 . . . . . : . and ly :- 643" the following shall be substituted, name- - " except as provided in section `3378,` sub-section (5), and sections 256 and 643,". . ,: . .. - Additian of new seotion sectioh `652` of the . - $~de; ' Release on .ground '. ' ,. 8)ness of Pdgment- * ~FQZ.' . : . . . . . . . I . * . . . . I -:.. , . j i . . % 1 . . I . . j 1 . , i . ... :. `r l .`_ 1. . . : . . I I . :; - -. . .. . ... '.. . - . . . meuts. i . . . i 1 - ' Anleudmel't 1 of parbs `ol` of 8. After 'section 652 of the said Code the follow- seotion sectioh ing shall be added, namely :- " 653.. (1) At any time after a warrant of arrest has been-issued under this Co4e, the Court may cancel it on the -ground of the serious illness of the person against tvhom the warrant was issued. " (2) When a judgment-debtor has been arrested under thk. Code the Court. may -release him if in its opinion he is not in a fit state of health to undergo imprisonment. '" (3). When a judgment-debtor has been committed to $1, he may be released therefrom- (a) by t h e Local Government, on the ground of his suffering from any infectious . . or contagious disease, or (6) by the, committing Court,, or any Court to - which that Court is subordinate,, on "tho ground, of his suffering from any serious illness. " (4) A judgment-debtor released under this sec- - tion may be re-arrested, but the period of his imprisonment shall not in the aggregate exceed that prescribed in section 342 or section 481, as the 'case may bc." '