The Court-Fees Act
Federal Acts · Federal · 1870 · VII of 1870
Legal status
In force
Effective date
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Sections
53
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Fees In The High Courts
- Section 3: Levy of fees in High Courts on their original sides Levy of fees in Presidency Small Cause Courts [Repealed]
- Section 4: Fees on documents filed, etc., in High Courts in their extraordinary jurisdiction in their appellate jurisdiction as Courts of reference and revision
- Section 5: Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of fee
Chapter III — Fees In Other Courts And In Public Offices
- Section 6: Fees on documents filed, etc., in Mufassal Courts or in public offices
- Section 7: Computation of fees payable in certain suits :
- Section 8: Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation
- Section 9: Power to ascertain net profits or market-value
- Section 10: Procedure where net profits or market-value wrongly estimated
- Section 11: Procedure in suits for mesne profits or account when amount decreed exceeds amount claimed Refund where amount decreed is less than amount claimed
- Section 12: Decision of question as to valuation
- Section 13: Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal
- Section 14: Refund of fee on application for review of judgment
- Section 15: Refund where Court reverses or modifies its former decision on ground of mistake
- Section 16: [Repealed](repealed)
- Section 17: Multifarious suits
- Section 18: Written examinations of complainants
- Section 19: Exemption of certain documents
Chapter III-A — Probates, Letters Of Administration And Certificates Of Administration
- Section 19A: Relief where too high a Court-fee has been paid
- Section 19B: Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
- Section 19C: Relief in case of several grants
- Section 19D: Probates declared valid as to trust-property though not covered by court-fee
- Section 19E: Provision for case where too low a court-fee has been paid on probates, etc
- Section 19F: Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section 19E
- Section 19G: Executors, etc., not paying full court-fee on probates, etc., within six months after discovery of under-payment
- Section 19H: Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenue- authorities, and procedure thereon
- Section 19I: Payment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administration
- Section 19J: Recovery of penalties, etc
- Section 19K: Sections 6 and 28 not to apply to probate or letters of administration
Chapter IV — Process-Fees
Chapter V — Of The Mode Of Levying Fees
Chapter VI — Miscellaneous
- Section 31: [Repealed](repealed)
- Section 32: [Repealed.](repealed)
- Section 33: Admission in criminal cases of documents or which proper fee has not been paid
- Section 34: Sale of stamps
- Section 35: Power to reduce or remit fees
- Section 35A: Variation of rates
- Section 36: Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts
Preliminary
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
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