Section 30. Judgment when and where pronounced

30. Judgment when and where pronounced.—[2] [(1)] The Appellate Court, after hearing the parties or their pleaders and referring to any part of the proceedings, whether on appeal or in the Court from whose decree the appeal is preferred, to which reference may be considered necessary, shall pronounce 1. Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 87 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 30. Substitution of letter for summons.— (1) The Court may, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, substitute for a summons a letter signed by the Judge or such officer as he may appoint in this behalf, where the defendant is, in the opinion of the Court, of a rank entitling him to such mark of consideration. (2) A letter substituted under sub-rule (1) shall contain all the particulars required to be stated in a summons, and, subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3) , shall be treated in all respects as a summons. (3) A letter so substituted may be sent to the defendant by post or by a special messenger selected by the Court, or in any other manner which the Court thinks fit; and, where the defendant has an agent empowered to accept service, the letter may be delivered or sent to such agent. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "His Majesty's". 2. Subs. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and Sch. I, for "or naval". 3. The words "or His Majesty's Indian Marine Service" omitted by Act 35 of 1934, s. 2 and Sch. I. 4. Ins. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid . 5. Ins. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and Sch. I. ORDER VI Pleadings generally 30. Decree for payment of money.— Every decree for the payment of money, including a decree for the payment of money as the alternative to some other relief, may be executed by the detention in the civil prison of the judgment-debtor, or by the attachment and sale of his property, or by both.