## CPC 81

### CPC 81 — Exemption from arrest and personal appearance
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/cpc/81

> 81. Exemption from arrest and personal appearance.-In a suit instituted against a public officer
in respect of any act purporting to be done by him in his official capacity-
(a) the defendant shall not be liable to arrest nor his property to attachment otherwise than in
execution of a decree, and,
(b) where the Court is satisfied that the defendant cannot absent himself from his duty without
detriment to the public service, it shall exempt him from appearing in person.