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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Chapter XI: Miscellaneous

Section 132: Exemption of certain women from personal appearance

In plain words

Women who, by the customs of the country, should not be compelled to appear in public are exempt from personal appearance in court, but not from arrest in execution where the Code allows it.

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Official text

(1) Women who, according to the customs and manners of the country, ought not to be compelled to appear in public shall be exempt from personal appearance in Court.

(2) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to exempt such women from arrest in execution of civil process in any case in which the arrest of women is not prohibited by this Code.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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