Detention and release
Part II: Execution
(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained,—
(a) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding [ [five thousand rupees], for a period not exceeding three months, and,] [(b) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding two thousand rupees, but not exceeding five thousand rupees, for a period not exceeding six weeks.]
[(1A) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no order for detention of the judgment- debtor in civil prison in execution of a decree for the payment of money shall be made, where the total amount of the decree does not exceed [two thousand rupees.]]
(2) A judgment-debtor released from detention under this section shall not merely by reason of his release be discharged from his debt, but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested under the decree in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.