Code
(1) A judgment-debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree at, any
hour and on any day, and shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the Court, and his detention may
be in the civil prison of the district in which the Court ordering the detention is situate, or, where such
civil prison does not afford suitable accommodation, in any other place which the State Government may
appoint for the detention of persons ordered by the Courts of such district to be detained:Provided, firstly that, for the purpose of making an arrest under this section, no dwelling-house shall be
entered after sunset and before sunrise:Provided, secondly, that no outer door of a dwelling-house shall be broken open unless such dwellinghouse is in the occupancy of the judgment-debtor and he refuses or in any way prevents access thereto, but
when the officer authorized to make the arrest has duly gained access to any dwelling-house, he may break
open the door of any room in which he has reason to believe the judgment-debtor is to be found:Provided, thirdly that, if the room is in the actual occupancy of a woman who is not the judgment-debtor
and who according to the customs of the country does not appear in public, the officer authorized to make the
arrest shall give notice to her that she is at liberty to withdraw, and, after allowing a reasonable time for her to
withdraw and giving her reasonable facility for withdrawing, may enter the room for the purpose of making
the arrest:Provided, fourthly, that, where the decree in execution of which a judgment-debtor is arrested, is a
decree for the payment of money and the judgment-debtor pays the amount of the decree and the costs of
the arrest to the officer arresting him, such officer shall at once release him.(2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any person or class of
persons whose arrest might be attended with danger or inconvenience to the public shall not be liable to arrest
in execution of a decree otherwise than in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the State
Government in this behalf.(3) Where a judgment-debtor is arrested in execution of a decree for the payment of money and brought
before the Court, the Court shall inform him that he may apply to be declared an insolvent, and that he1[may
be discharged] if he has not committed any act of bad faith regarding the subject of the application and if he
complies with the provisions of the law of insolvency for the time being in force.(4) Where a judgment-debtor expresses his intention to apply to be declared an insolvent and furnishes
security, to the satisfaction of the Court, that he will within one month so apply, and that he will appear,
when called upon, in any proceeding upon the application or upon the decree in execution of which he was
arrested, the Court2[may release] him from arrest, and, if he fails so to apply and to appear, the Court may
either direct the security to be realized or commit him to the civil prison in execution of the decree.
