In application of this Order to appeals the word "defendant" shall be held to include a respondent and the word "suit" an appeal. [Explanation.-In this Order, "statutory instrument" means a rule, notification, bye-law order, scheme or form made as specified under any enactment.] [Inserted by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1976, Section 72 (w.e.f. 1.2.1977).]

In application of this Order to appeals the word "defendant" shall be held to include a respondent and the word "suit" an appeal. [Explanation.-In this Order, "statutory instrument" means a rule, notification, bye-law order, scheme or form made as specified under any enactment.] [Inserted by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1976, Section 72 (w.e.f. 1.2.1977).]