Section 83 When aliens may sue

Code of Civil Procedure Section 82. Execution of decree.

Bare Act:

¹[SUITS BY ALIENS AND BY OR AGAINST FOREIGN RULERS, AMBASSADORS AND ENVOYS]

83. When aliens may sue.—Alien enemies residing in India with the permission of the Central Government, and alien friends, may sue in any Court otherwise competent to try the suit, as if they were citizens of India, but alien enemies residing in India without such permission, or residing in a foreign country, shall not sue in any such Court.

Explanation. —Every person residing in a foreign country, the Government of which is at war with India and carrying on business in that country without a licence in that behalf granted by the Central Government, shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be an alien enemy residing in a foreign country.

Note: 1. Subs. by Act 2 of 1951, s. 12, for the former heading and ss. 83 to 87.

Code of Civil Procedure Section 84. When foreign States may sue.

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83. When aliens may sue.

84. When foreign States may sue.

85. Persons specially appointed by Government to prosecute or defend on behalf of foreign Rulers.

86. Suits against foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys.

87. Style of foreign Rulers as parties to suits.

87A. Definitions of “foreign State” and “Ruler”.