Maharashtra Court-fees Act

Act number: 36 of 1959
Enacted: 1 August 1959
Contents: 53 sections

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Section 1 – Short title, extent, commencement and application
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Levy of fees in High Court on its original side. Levy of fees in Bombay Small Causes Court
Section 4 – Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of fee
Section 5 – Fees on documents filed, etc., in Courts or in public offices
Section 6 – Computation of fees payable in certain suits- (preview)
Section 7 – Fee on memorandum of appeal against order or award relating to compensation in certain cases (preview)
Section 8 – Inquiry as to valuation of suits (preview)
Section 9 – Investigation to ascertain proper valuation (preview)
Section 10 – Power of persons making inquiry under sections 8 and 9 (preview)
Section 11 – Costs of inquiry as to valuation and refund of excess fee (preview)
Section 12 – Appointment of inspecting officers and recovery in cases reported by them (preview)
Section 13 – Taxing of court-fees and their recovery in suits for mesne profits or accounts (preview)
Section 14 – Decision of questions as to valuation (preview)
Section 15 – Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal (preview)
Section 16 – Refund of fee on application for review of judgement (preview)
Section 17 – Refund where Court reverses or modifies its former decision on ground of mistake (preview)
Section 17A – Period of limitation for refund of fees under section 15, 16 or 17 (preview)
Section 18 – Multifarious suits (preview)
Section 19 – Written examinations of complainants (preview)
Section 20 – Exemption of certain documents (preview)
Section 21 – Relief where too high a court-fee has been paid (preview)
Section 22 – Relief when debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate (preview)
Section 23 – Relief in case of several grants (preview)
Section 24 – Probates declared valid as to trust property, though not covered by court-fee (preview)
Section 25 – Provision for case where too low a court-fee has been paid on probates, etc (preview)
Section 26 – Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section 25 (preview)
Section 27 – Executors, etc. not paying full court-fee on probates, etc. within six months after discovery of under payment (preview)
Section 28 – Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenue Authorities, and procedure thereon (preview)
Section 29 – Payment of court-fee in respect of probate and letters of administration (preview)
Section 30 – Recovery of penalties, etc (preview)
Section 31 – Sections 5 and 40 not to apply to probates or letters of administration (preview)
Section 32 – Rules as to costs of processes. Confirmation and publication of rules (preview)
Section 33 – Tables of process fees (preview)
Section 34 – Number of peons in District and Subordinate Courts. Number of peons in Mofussil Small Cause Courts (preview)
Section 35 – Number of peons in Revenue Courts (preview)
Section 36 – Rate of fee in force on date of presentation of document to be applicable (preview)
Section 37 – Collection of fees by stamps or e-payment (preview)
Section 38 – Stamps to be impressed or adhesive (preview)
Section 39 – Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps (preview)
Section 40 – Stamping documents inadvertently received (preview)
Section 41 – Amended document (preview)
Section 42 – Cancellation of stamps (preview)
Section 43 – Repayment of fee in certain circumstances (preview)
Section 44 – Admission in criminal cases of documents for which proper fee has not been paid (preview)
Section 45 – Sale of stamps (preview)
Section 46 – Power to reduce or remit fees (preview)
Section 47 – Saving of fees to certain officers of High Court (preview)
Section 48 – Saving as to stamp duties (preview)
Section 49 – Repeal and saving (preview)
Section 50 – Amendment of Suits Valuation Acts (preview)
Section 51 – Reduction of Court-fee from amount of stamp duty payable on final order of partition (preview)
Section 52 – Rules made by Government to be laid before State Legislature (preview)

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