CPC 73 — Proceeds of execution-sale to be rateably distributed among decree-holders

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

(1) Where assets are held
by a Court and more persons than one have, before the receipt of such assets, made application to the Court for the execution  of  decrees  for  the  payment  of  money  passed  against  the  same  judgment-debtor  and  have  not  obtained
satisfaction  thereof,  the  assets,  after  deducting  the  costs  of  realization,  shall  be  rateably  distributed  among  all  such
persons:
Provided as follows:—
(a) where  any  property  is  sold  subject  to  a  mortgage  or  charge,  the  mortgage  or  incumbrancer  shall  not  be
entitled to share in any surplus arising from such sale;
(b) where any property liable to be sold in execution of a decree is subject to a mortgage or charge, the Court
may, with the consent of the mortgagee or incumbrancer, order that the property be sold free from the mortgage
or charge, giving to the mortgagee or incumbrancer the same interest in the proceeds of the sale as he had in the
property sold;

2. Section 67 renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 1 of 1914, s. 3.

(c) where  any  immovable  property  is  sold  in  execution  of  a  decree  ordering  its  sale  for  the  discharge  of  an incumbrance thereon, the proceeds of sale shall be applied—
First, in defraying the expenses of the sale;
Secondly, in discharging the amount due under the decree;
Thirdly,   in   discharging   the   interest   and   principal monies   due   on   subsequent   incumbrances

(if any); and Fourthly,  rateably  among  the  holders  of  decrees  for  the  payment  of  money  against  the  judgment-debtor,
who have, prior to the  sale of the property, applied to the  Court  which passed the decree ordering such sale for execution of such decrees, and have no obtained satisfaction thereof.
(2)  Where  all  or  any  of  the  assets  liable  to  be  rateably  distributed  under  this  section  are  paid  to  a  person not entitled to receive the same, any person so entitled may sue such person to compel him to refund the assets.
(3) Nothing in this section affects any right of the Government.
RESISTANCE TO EXECUTION

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