Reference to Code of Civil Procedure and other repealed enactments
Full Text
In every enactment or notification passed or issued before the commencement of this Code in which reference is made to or to any Chapter or section of Act VIII of 1859 or any Code of Civil Procedure or any Act amending the same or any other enactment hereby repealed, such reference shall, so far as may be practicable, be taken to be made to this Code or to its corresponding Part, Order, section or rule.
Plain English Summary
Section 158 mandates that statutory cross-references in prior enactments or official notifications referring to repealed Civil Procedure Codes (Act VIII of 1859 or the 1882 Code) shall automatically be construed as referring to the corresponding Part, Order, Section, or Rule of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Key Legal Elements
- Statutory Mapping: Automatically translates references in pre-1908 statutes/notifications from repealed codes to the 1908 CPC.
- Scope of Correspondence: Maps cross-references to the corresponding Part, Order, Section, or Rule of the 1908 Code.
- Harmonization with General Clauses Act: Functions alongside Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 for statutory continuity.
Practical Note
Statutory Cross-Referencing and Construction of Pre-1908 Statutes (Section 8 General Clauses Act): 1. Principle of Statutory Substitution: Section 158 codifies the principle embodied in Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897. Numerous nineteenth-century Indian statutes (such as the Court Fees Act, 1870, Specific Relief Act, 1877, Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and Indian Trusts Act, 1882) contain textual cross-references to the sections of the 1882 CPC. 2. Automatic Translation to 1908 Code: Section 158 ensures that all such statutory cross-references automatically map onto the corresponding Part, Section, or Order of the 1908 Code without requiring legislative amendment of each pre-existing Act.
हिंदी पाठ
इस संहिता के प्रारंभ से पूर्व पारित या जारी की गई प्रत्येक ऐसी अधिनियमिति या अधिसूचना में, जिसमें 1859 के अधिनियम 8 या किसी सिविल प्रक्रिया संहिता या उसका संशोधन करने वाले किसी अधिनियम अथवा इसके द्वारा निरसित किसी अन्य अधिनियमिति के प्रति या उसके किसी अध्याय या धारा के प्रति कोई निर्देश किया गया है, ऐसा निर्देश, जहां तक साध्य हो, इस संहिता के प्रति या इसके तत्स्थानी भाग, आदेश, धारा या नियम के प्रति किया गया समझा जाएगा।