Text of CPC Section 48

CPC Section 48: Execution barred in certain cases

1. Where an application to execute a decree, not being a decree granting an injunction, has been made, no order for the execution of the same decree shall be made upon any fresh application presented after the expiration of [six years] from:

   • (a) the date of the decree sought to be executed; or,
   • (b) where the decree or any subsequent order directs any payment of money or the delivery of any property to be made at a certain date or at recurring periods, the date of the default in making the payment or delivery in respect of which the applicant seeks to execute the decree.

2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed:

   • (a) to preclude the Court from ordering the execution of a decree upon an application presented after the expiration of the said term of  [six years], where the judgment-debtor has, by fraud or force, prevented the execution of the decree at some time within [six years] immediately before the date of the application; or
   • (b) to limit or otherwise affect the operation of article [183 of the First Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908)].