Section 266. Defendant precluded from defending. (ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1979

ENACTMENT No. 2 Of 1984
ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1979

PART XXXIV - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 266. Defendant precluded from defending.

If in any action it is ordered that a defendant be precluded from defending-

(a) his defence, if any, shall be deemed to have been struck out;

(b) he shall be permitted to attend the trial of the action, but not to take any part therein:

(c) the plaintiff at the trial may prove his case and obtain judgment in like manner as if the defendant had not appeared; and

(d) for the purpose of any appeal or further proceedings the judgment shall be deemed to have been given inter-partes.