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Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Law (No. 20 of 1977) - Sect 35

Amendment of section 218 of the principal enactment

35. Section 218 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
(1) in the first proviso to that section as follows:-
(i) by the omission of clause (b) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause:-
"(b) tools, utensils, and implements of trade or business, and where the judgment-debtor is an agriculturist, his implements of husbandry and such cattle and seed grain as may in the opinion of the court be necessary to enable him to earn his livelihood as such; and such quantity of paddy as may, in .the opinion of the court, be necessary for the purpose of providing for the support of himself and his family until the next harvest;";
(ii) by the omission, of clause (c) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause:-
" (c) professional Instruments and library necessary for the carrying on of the judgment-debtor's profession or business to the value of one thousand rupees;";
(iii) by the omission of clause (h) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause: -
"(h) so much of the salary and allowances of a state officer as does not in the aggregate exceed five hundred rupees per month;"';
(iv) by the omission of clause (l) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause:-
" (l) a right to future maintenance and all maintenance, alimony and costs ordered in matrimonial suits or maintenance actions;";
(v) by the omission of clause (m) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause:-
" (m) so much of the salary or wages and allowances of an employee other than a state officer as does not in the aggregate exceed five hundred rupees per month;":
(vi) by the omission of clause (n) and the substitution therefor, of the following new clause: -
" (n) any house which is not mortgaged as security for the payment of the whole or part of the sum referred to in such decree and which is the actual residence of the judgment-debtor at the time of the execution of such decree and has been such residence from the time of the institution of the action in which such decree has been entered together with such extent of land appurtenant thereto as the court may consider necessary for its enjoyment;"; and
(vii) by the omission of clause (p);
(2) by the omission of the second proviso to that section;
(3) by the omission of the " Explanation " attached to that section and the substitution therefor, of the following new Explanation : -
(4) by the omission of all the words from " In clause (p) " to the end of that section.


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