Court-Fees Act, 1870
Bare Act · 1870
In the syllabus of: CG Civil Judge · Delhi Higher Judiciary · J&K Civil Judge · MP Higher Judiciary · UP Higher Judiciary
- Act number
- 7 of 1870
- Enacted
- 11 March 1870
- Contents
- 50 sections · 7 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title Extent of Act. Commencement of Act.
- Section 1A – Definition of “appropriate Government”
- Section 2 – [Repealed.]
Chapter II — Fees In The High Courts And In The Courts Of Small Causes At The Presidency-Towns
- Section 3 – Levy of fees in High Courts on their original sides Levy of fees in Presidency Small Cause Courts.
- 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 (preview)
Chapter III — Fees In Othercourts And Inpublicoffices
- Section 6 – Fees on documents filed, etc., in Mufassal Courts or in public offices (preview)
- Section 7 – Computation of fees payable in certain suits (i) for money. (ii) for maintenance and annuities . (iii) for other movable property having a market-value. (iv) (a) for movable property of no market-value. (b) to enforce a right to share in joint family property. (c) for a declaratory decree and consequential relief. (d) for an injunction. (e) for easements. (f) for accounts. (v) for possession of land, houses and gardens. Proviso as to Bombay Presidency. for houses and gardens . (vi) to enforce a right of pre-emption. (vii) for interest of assignee of land-revenue. (viii) to set aside an attachment. (ix) to redeem. to foreclose. (x) for specific performance . (xi) between landlord and tenant. (preview)
- Section 8 – Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation (preview)
- Section 9 – Power to ascertain net profits or market-value (preview)
- Section 10 – Procedure where net profits or market-value wrongly estimated (preview)
- Section 11 – Procedure in suits for mesne profits or account when amount decreed exceeds amount claimed. (preview)
- Section 12 – Decision of questions as to valuation (preview)
- Section 13 – Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal (preview)
- Section 14 – Refund of fee on application for review of judgment (preview)
- Section 15 – Refund where Court reverses or modifies its former decision on ground of mistake (preview)
- Section 16 – Refund of fee (preview)
- Section 17 – Multifarious suits (preview)
- Section 18 – Written examinations of complainants (preview)
- Section 19 – Exemption of certain documents (preview)
Chapter IIIA — Probates, Letters Of Administration And Certificates Of Administration
- Section 19A – Relief where too high a court-fee has been paid (preview)
- Section 19B – Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate (preview)
- Section 19C – Relief in case of several grants (preview)
- Section 19D – Probates declared valid as to trust-property though not covered by court-fee (preview)
- Section 19E – Provision for case where too low a court-fee has been paid on probates, etc (preview)
- Section 19F – Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section 19E (preview)
- Section 19G – Executors, etc., not paying full court-fee on probates, etc., within six months after discovery of under-payment. (preview)
- Section 19H – Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenue- authorities, and procedure thereon. (preview)
- Section 19I – Payment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administration (preview)
- Section 19J – Recovery of penalties, etc (preview)
- Section 19K – Sections 6 and 28 not to apply to probates or letters of administration (preview)
Chapter IV — Process-Fees
- Section 20 – Rules as to cost of processes Confirmation and publication of rules. (preview)
- Section 21 – Tables of process-fees (preview)
- Section 22 – Number of peons in District and subordinate Courts Number of peons in Mufassal Small cause Courts. (preview)
- Section 23 – Number of peons in Revenue Courts (preview)
- Section 24 – [Repealed.] (preview)
Chapter V — Of The Mode Of Levying Fees
- Section 25 – Collection of fees by stamps (preview)
- Section 26 – Stamps to be impressed or adhesive (preview)
- Section 27 – Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps (preview)
- Section 28 – Stamping documents inadvertently received (preview)
- Section 29 – Amended document (preview)
- Section 30 – Cancellation of stamp (preview)
Chapter VI — Miscellaneous
- Section 31 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 32 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 33 – Admission in criminal cases of documents for which proper fee has not been paid (preview)
- Section 34 – Sale of stamps (preview)
- Section 34A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 34B – Appeal (preview)
- Section 35 – Power to reduce or remit fees (preview)
- Section 36 – Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts SCHEDULE I.— AD VALOREM FEES INSTITUTION OF SUITS. SCHEDULE II. — FIXED FEES SCHEDULE III. — FORM OF VALUATION (TO BE USED WITH SUCH MODIFICATIONS, IF ANY, ANNEXURE A.— VALUATION OF THE MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY OF DECEASED. ANNEXURE B.—SCHEDULE OF DEBTS, ETC. THE COURT-FEES ACT, 1870 (preview)