VidhiSangh

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Section 56: Prohibition of arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for money

Part II — Execution

56. Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the Court shall not order the arrest or detention in the civil prison of a woman in execution of a decree for the payment of money.

Source: official text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.