15. Verification of pleadings.- (1) Save as otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, every pleading shall be verified at the foot by the party or by one of the parties pleading or by some other person proved to the satisfaction of the court to be acquainted with the facts of the case. (2) The person verifying shall specify, by reference to the numbered paragraphs of the pleading, what he verifies of his own knowledge and what he verifies upon information received and believed to be true. (3) The verification shall be signed by the person making it and shall state the date on which and the place at which it was signed. (4) The person verifying the pleading shall also furnish an affidavit in support of his pleadings. STATE AMENDMENT Uttar Pradesh.- In the First Schedule to the said Code, in Order VI, Rule 15, in sub-rule
(1), for the words, “on oath administered by an officer empowered under Section 139 of the Code,” (substituted by U.P. Act 57 of 1976, S. 6), the words “at the foot” shall be substituted. - U.P. Act 31 of 1978, S. 4 (w.e.f. 1.8.1978). Hence in effect, the word “at the foot” have been restored. HIGH COURT AMENDMENTS Bombay.- In sub-rule (1) add the following at the end
Provided that in respect of pleadings to be filed in the Bombay City Civil Court such verification shall, within the local jurisdiction of the Court, be made before one of the officers of the said Court empowered to administer oath, and elsewhere, before any officer mentioned in Section 139 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.” (1.10.1983). Orissa.- Same as that of Patna (27.9.1961). Patna.- Sub-rule (1) was substituted by the following:— “(1) Save as otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, the facts stated in every pleading shall be verified by solemn affirmation or on oath of the party or of one of the parties pleading or of some other person proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be acquainted with the facts of the case, before any officer empowered to administer oath under Section 139 of the Code.” (27.9.1961).
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