Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Chapter IX: Special Provisions Relating to the High Courts Not Being the Court of A Judicial Commissioner
Section 119: Unauthorised persons not to address Court
Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to authorize any person on behalf of another to address the Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, or to examine witnesses, except where the Court shall have in the exercise of the power conferred by its charter authorized him so to do, or to interfere with the power of the High Court to make rules concerning advocates, vakils and attorneys.
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