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Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956
Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956
Sections
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 1
Section 11. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Application of Act.
Section 23. Definitions.
Section 3
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 2
Section 54. Levy of Fee in Courts and Public Offices.
Section 45. Collection of proper fee on documents.
Section 56. Multifarious suits.
Section 67. Determination of market value.
Section 78. Set-off or counter-claim.
Section 89. Documents falling under two or more descriptions.
Section 9
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 3
Section 1210. Statement of particulars of subject-matter of suit and plaintiffs valuation thereof.
Section 1011. Decision as to proper fee.
Section 1112. Relinquishment of portion of claim.
Section 1213. Fee payable on written statements.
Section 1314. Fee payable on appeals, etc.
Section 1415. Fee payable on petitions, applications, etc.
Section 1516. Court-fee Examiners.
Section 1617. Inquiry and commission.
Section 1718. Notice to the State Government.
Section 18
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 4
Section 2219. Fee how computed.
Section 1920. Suits for money.
Section 2021. Suits for immovable property.
Section 2122. Suits for maintenance and annuities.
Section 2223. Suits for movable property.
Section 2324. Suits for declaration.
Section 2425. Adoption suits.
Section 2526. Suits for injunction.
Section 2627. Suits relating to trust property.
Section 2728. Suits for possession under the Specific Relief Act, 1877.
Section 2829. Suits for possession not otherwise provided for.
Section 2930. Suits relating to casements.
Section 3031. Suits relating to mortgages.
Section 3132. Suits for accounts.
Section 3233. Suits for dissolution of partnership.
Section 3334. Partition suits.
Section 3435. Suits for joint possession.
Section 3536. Administration suits.
Section 3637. Suits for cancellation of decrees, etc.
Section 3738. Suits to set aside attachment, etc.
Section 3839. Suits for specific performance.
Section 3940. Suits between landlord and tenant.
Section 4041. Suits for mesne profits.
Section 4142. Suits under the Andhra Pradesh Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923.
Section 4243. Suits to alter or cancel entry in a register.
Section 4344. Suits relating to public matters.
Section 4445. Interpleader suits.
Section 4546. Third party proceedings.
Section 4647. Suits not otherwise provided for.
Section 4748. Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation.
Section 4849. Appeals.
Section 49
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 5
Section 5450. Suits not otherwise provided for.
Section 5051. Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was not properly valued for jurisdictional purposes.
Section 51
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 6
Section 5752. Application for probate or letters of administration.
Section 5253. Levy of fee.
Section 5354. Grant of probate.
Section 5455. Relief in cases of several grants.
Section 5556. Inquiry by the Collector.
Section 5657. Application to Court and powers of Court.
Section 5758. Provision for cases where insufficient fee has been paid.
Section 5859. Administrator to give proper security before letters are stamped.
Section 5960. Relief when fee has been paid in excess.
Section 6061. Recovery of penalties, etc.
Section 6162. Powers of Board of Revenue.
Section 62
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 7
Section 6963. Refund in cases in rejection of plaint, etc., for delay.
Section 6364. Refund in cases of remand.
Section 6465. Refund in cases of review.
Section 6566. Refund of fee paid by mistake or inadvertence.
Section 6667. Exemption of certain documents.
Section 6768. Power to reduce or remit fees.
Section 68
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 8
Section 7669. Collection of fees by stamps.
Section 6970. Stamps to be impressed or adhesive.
Section 7071. Amended document.
Section 7172. Cancellation of stamp.
Section 7273. Deduction to be made.
Section 7374. Penalty.
Section 7475. Power of High Court to make rules.
Section 7576. Power of Board of Revenue to make rules.
Section 7677. Power of Government to make rules.
Section 7778. Continuance in force of existing rules.
Section 7879. Repeal and saving.
Section 791. I (A.B.), solemnly affirm/make oath and say that I am the executor (or one of the executors or one of the next-of-kin) of deceased, and that I have truly set forth in Annexure A to this Form of Valuation all the estate of which the above named deceased died possessed or to which he was entitled at the time of his death, and which has come or is likely to come, to my hands.
Section 13. I further declare that the said estate exclusive only of the last-mentioned items was on the dale of the death of the said deceased under the value of
Section 34. I (A.B.) further declare that what is stated in this Form of Valuation is true to the best of my information and belief.
Section 4
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"content": "(i) be filed, exhibited or recorded in, or be acted on or furnished by, any Court including the High Court, or (ii) be filed, exhibited or recorded in any public office, or be acted on or furnished by any public officer, except on payment of the fee chargeable in respect of such document under this Act: Provided that a document in respect of which the proper fee has not been paid may be filed or exhibited in a Criminal Court if the Court deems it necessary in the interests of justice to do so. 5. Collection of proper fee on documents. - When a document on which the whole or any part of the fee payable under this Act has not been paid is produced or received in any Court or public office, the Court or the head of the office may, at any time, direct the person by whom such fee is payable to pay the fee or part thereof, as the case may be, within such time as may be fixed; and upon such payment, the document shall be dealt with as if the full fee had been paid in the first instance.\n(i) be filed, exhibited or recorded in, or be acted on or furnished by, any Court including the High Court, or\n(ii) be filed, exhibited or recorded in any public office, or be acted on or furnished by any public officer, except on payment of the fee chargeable in respect of such document under this Act: Provided that a document in respect of which the proper fee has not been paid may be filed or exhibited in a Criminal Court if the Court deems it necessary in the interests of justice to do so.",
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"content": "(b) Nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to affect any power conferred upon a Court by Rule 6 of Order II in the First Schedule to Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908).",
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"content": "(b) The decision of the Court under clause (a) regarding the proper fee payable shall be subject to review from time to time as occasion requires.\n(b) If the Court of Appeal decides that the fee paid in the lower Court is not sufficient, the Court shall require the party liable to pay the deficit fee within such time as may be fixed by it.\n(c) If the deficit fee is not paid within the time fixed and the default is in respect of a relief which has been dismissed by the lower Court and which the appellant seeks in appeal, the appeal shall be dismissed, but if the default is in respect of a relief which has been decreed by the lower Court, the deficit fee shall be recoverable as if it were an arrear of land revenue.\n(d) If the fee paid in the lower Court is in excess of the proper fee the Court shall direct the refund of the excess to the party who is entitled to it.",
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"number": "18",
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"number": "20",
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"number": "21",
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"number": "22",
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"content": "(a) in a suit for maintenance, on the amount claimed to be payable for one year;\n(b) in a suit for enhancement or reduction of maintenance, on the amount by which the annual maintenance is sought to be enhanced or reduced;\n(c) in a suit for annuities or other sums payable periodically, on five times the amount claimed to be payable for one year: Provided that, where the annuity is payable for less than five years, the fee shall be computed on the aggregate of the sums payable.",
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"content": "(a) where the subject-matter has a market value, on such value; or\n(b) where the subject-matter has no market value, on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court, whichever is higher.\n(b) In a suit for possession of documents of title, where the plaintiffs title to the money or the property secured by the document is not denied, fee shall be computed on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court whichever is higher.",
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"content": "(a) where the prayer is for a declaration and for possession of the property to which the declaration relates, fee shall be computed on the market value of the movable property or three fourths of the market value of the immovable property or on rupees three hundred, whichever is higher.\n(b) where the prayer is for a declaration and for consequential injunction and the relief sought is with reference to any immovable property, fee shall be computed on one-half of the market value of the property or on rupees three hundred, whichever is higher;\n(c) where the prayer relates to the plaintiffs exclusive right to use, sell, print or exhibit any mark, name, book, picture, design or other things and is based on an infringement of such exclusive right, fee shall be computed on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court, whichever is higher;\n(d) in other cases, whether the subject-matter of the suit is capable of valuation or not, fee shall be computed on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court, whichever is higher.",
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"number": "25",
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"number": "26",
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"content": "(a) where the relief sought relates to any immovable property, and where the plaintiffs title to the property is denied, fee shall be computed on one-half of the market value of the property or on rupees two hundred, whichever is higher;\n(b) where the relief sought relates to the plaintiffs exclusive right to use, sell, print or exhibit any mark, name, book, picture, design or other thing and is based on an infringement of such exclusive right, fee shall be computed on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court, whichever is higher;\n(c) in any other case, whether the subject-matter of the suit has a market value or not, fee shall be computed on the amount at which the relief sought is valued in the plaint or at which such relief is valued by the Court, whichever is. higher.",
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"number": "27",
"title": "27. Suits relating to trust property.",
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"content": "(2) Where the property has no market value, value for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts shall be the amount stated in the plaint.",
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"number": "28",
"title": "28. Suits for possession under the Specific Relief Act, 1877.",
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"number": "29",
"title": "29. Suits for possession not otherwise provided for.",
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"number": "30",
"title": "30. Suits relating to casements.",
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"number": "31",
"title": "31. Suits relating to mortgages.",
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"content": "(b) In a suit by a sub-mortgagee, if the prayer is for the sale of the property mortgaged to the original mortgagee and the original mortgagor is also impleaded as a defendant, fee shall be computed on the entire amount claimed on the original mortgage which is sub-mortgaged to him.",
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"number": "32",
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"number": "33",
"title": "33. Suits for dissolution of partnership.",
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"number": "34",
"title": "34. Partition suits.",
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"content": "(i) a District Munsifs Court- Rupees fifty.\n(ii) a Subordinate Judges Court or a Dis- Rupees one hundred if the value of trict Court- plaintiffs share is less than Rs. 10,000. Rupees two hundred if the value is not less than Rs. 10,000.",
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"number": "35",
"title": "35. Suits for joint possession.",
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"number": "36",
"title": "36. Administration suits.",
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"number": "37",
"title": "37. Suits for cancellation of decrees, etc.",
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"content": "(a) if the whole decree or other document is sought to be cancelled, the amount or value of the property for which the decree was passed or other document was executed;\n(b) if a part of the decree or other document is sought to be cancelled, such part of the amount or of the value of the property.",
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"number": "38",
"title": "38. Suits to set aside attachment, etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In a suit to set aside any other summary decision or order of a Civil or Revenue Court, if the subject-matter of the suit has a market value, fee shall be computed on one-fourth of such value, and in other cases, fee shall be payable at the rates specified in section 47 .",
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"number": "39",
"title": "39. Suits for specific performance.",
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"content": "(a) in the case of a contract of sale, computed on the amount of the consideration-\n(b) in the case of a contract of mortgage, computed on the amount agreed to be secured by the mortgage;\n(c) in the case of a contract of lease, computed on the aggregate amount of the penalty or premium, if any, and of the average of the annual rent agreed to be paid;\n(d) in the case of a contract of exchange, computed on the amount of the consideration, or as the case may be, on the market value of the movable property or three-fourths of the market value of the immovable property sought to be taken in exchange;\n(e) in other cases, where the consideration for the promise sought to be enforced has a market value, computed on the market value of the movable property or three-fourths of the market value of the immovable property or where such consideration has no market value, at the rate specified in section 47 .",
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"number": "40",
"title": "40. Suits between landlord and tenant.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) for the delivery by a tenant of the counter part of a lease or for acceptance of patta in exchange for a muchilika;\n(b) for the enhancement of rent;\n(c) for the delivery by a landlord of a lease or for obtaining a patta in exchange for a muchilika;\n(d) for the recovery of possession of immovable property from which a tenant has been illegally ejected by the landlord;\n(e) for establishing or challenging a right of occupancy; fee shall be levied on the amount of rent for the immovable property to which the suit relates, payable for the year next before the date of presenting the plaint.",
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"number": "41",
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"number": "42",
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"number": "43",
"title": "43. Suits to alter or cancel entry in a register.",
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"number": "44",
"title": "44. Suits relating to public matters.",
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"number": "45",
"title": "45. Interpleader suits.",
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"content": "",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "46",
"title": "46. Third party proceedings.",
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"number": "47",
"title": "47. Suits not otherwise provided for.",
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"content": "(i) is less than Rs. 3,000 Rupees fifty.\n(ii) is not less than Rs. 3,000, but does not exceed Rs. 5,000. Rupees one hundred.\n(iii) exceeds Rs. 5,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,000. Rupees two hundred.\n(iv) exceeds Rs. 10,000 Rupees three hundred.",
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"number": "48",
"title": "48. Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation.",
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"number": "49",
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"number": "54",
"title": "CHAPTER 5",
"chapter": "CHAPTER 5",
"content": "Valuation of Suits",
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"number": "50",
"title": "50. Suits not otherwise provided for.",
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"content": "(2) In a suit where fee is payable under this Act at a fixed rate, the value for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts shall be the market value of the movable property or three-fourths of the market value of the immovable property or, where it is not possible to estimate it at a money value the amount stated in the plaint.",
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"number": "51",
"title": "51. Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was not properly valued for jurisdictional purposes.",
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"content": "(a) such objection was taken in the Court of first instance at or before the hearing at which issues were first framed or in the lower appellate Court in the memorandum of appeal to that Court, or\n(b) the appellate Court is satisfied, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, that the suit or appeal was over-valued or under-valued and that the over-valuation or under- valuation thereof has prejudicially affected the disposal of the suit or appeal on its merits.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "CHAPTER 6",
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"number": "52",
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"number": "53",
"title": "53. Levy of fee.",
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"content": "(a) where the application is made within one year of the date of death of the deceased, on the market value of the estate on such date; or\n(b) where the application is made after the expiry of one year from such date, on the market value of the estate on the date of application; Provided that no fee shall be leviable under this Chapter on any property held in trust not beneficially or with general power to confer a beneficial interest.\n(a) the value of the items mentioned in Annexure B to Part I of Schedule III shall be deducted from the value of the estate; Provided that when an application is made for probate or letters of administration in respect of only part of an estate, no debt, no expenses connected with any funeral rites or ceremonies and no mortgage encumbrance on any part of the estate other than that in respect of which the application is made shall be deducted :\n(b) the power of appointment which the deceased had over any property or which was created under a will shall be taken into account, the value being taken to be the value of the property forming the subject-matter of the power.",
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"number": "54",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "55",
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"content": "(b) The Collector shall not move the Court under clause (a) after the expiry of six months from the date on which the inventory required by Section 317 of the Succession Act, 1925 , is exhibited.",
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"content": "(i) endorse a certificate on the stamped probate or letters of administration to the effect that so much of the fee represented by the stamp or stamps used has been refunded; and\n(ii) refund the difference between the fee originally paid and that which should have been paid:",
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"content": "(2) Where a memorandum of appeal is rejected on the ground that it was not presented within the time allowed by the law of limitation, one-half of the fee shall be refunded.",
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"content": "(2) Where an appeal is remanded in Second Appeal or Letters Patent Appeal for a fresh decision by the lower appellate Court, the High Court remanding the appeal may direct the refund to the appellant of the full amount of fee paid on the memorandum of Second Appeal if the remand is in Second Appeal, and of the full amount of fee paid on the Memorandum of Second Appeal and the Memorandum of Letters Patent Appeal if the remand is in Letters Patent Appeal:",
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"number": "68",
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"number": "73",
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"number": "74",
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"number": "75",
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"content": "SCHEDULE 1\nAd Valorem fees\nAd Valorem fees\n(See Section 19 )\nArticle\nArticle\nParticulars\nParticulars\nProper fee\nProper fee\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n1\n(a) Plaint or written statement pleading a\n\t\t\t\tset-off or counter-claim in any suit of the nature cognizable by\n\t\t\t\tCourts of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the\n\t\t\t\tsubject-matter does not exceed five hundred rupees if the suit is\n\t\t\t\tactually filed and tried as a small cause suit- When the amount\n\t\t\t\tor value of the subject-matter in dispute-\n(i) does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or\n\t\t\t\tpart thereof\nForty paise.\n(ii) exceeds one hundred rupees but does not exceed five hundred\n\t\t\t\trupees, for Eighty paise. every ten rupees or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\texcess of\none hundred rupees\n(b) Plaint or written statement pleading a\n\t\t\t\tset-off or counter-claim in any suit of the nature cognizable by\n\t\t\t\tCourt of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject\n\t\t\t\tmatter exceeds five hundred rupees but does not exceed one\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees When the amount or value of the subject-matter in\n\t\t\t\tdispute\n(i) does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or\n\t\t\t\tpart thereof\nSixty paise.\n(ii) exceeds one hundred rupees but does not exceed one thousand\n\t\t\t\trupees, for One rupee and every ten rupees or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\texcess of one hundred rupees\nten paise\n(c) Plaint or written statement pleading a\n\t\t\t\tset-off or counter claim or memorandum of appeal presented to any\n\t\t\t\tCourt- When the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute-\n(i) does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or\n\t\t\t\tpart thereof\nSixty paise.\n(ii) exceeds one hundred rupees but does not exceed one thousand\n\t\t\t\trupees, for One rupee and every ten rupees or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\texcess of one hundred rupees\nten paise\n(iii) exceeds one thousand rupees, but does not exceed ten\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees, for Seven rupees and every one hundred rupees or\n\t\t\t\tpart thereof, in excess of one thousand rupees\nfifty paise.\n(iv) exceeds ten thousand rupees, but does not exceed twenty\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees for every five hundred rupees or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\texcess of ten thousand rupees.\nThirty rupees\n(v) exceeds twenty thousand rupees, but does not exceed thirty\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees for every one thousand rupees or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\texcess of twenty thousand rupees.\nForty rupees\n(vi) exceeds thirty thousand rupees, but does not exceed fifty\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees, for every two thousand rupees or part thereof,\n\t\t\t\tin excess of thirty thousand rupees.\nSixty rupees\n(vii) exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh\n\t\t\t\trupees, for every four thousand rupees or part thereof, in excess\n\t\t\t\tof fifty thousand rupees\nEighty rupees\n(viii) exceeds one lakh rupees, for every ten thousand rupees or\n\t\t\t\tpart thereof, in excess of one lakh rupees,\nOne hundred rupees\n2.\n(a) Application under Section 26 of the\n\t\t\t\tProvincial Insolvency Act, 1920 , or under Section 95 of the\n\t\t\t\tCode of civil Procedure, 1908.\nFive rupees.\n(b) Appeal against order on an application\n\t\t\t\tfalling under clause (a)\nFive rupees\n3\n(a) Petition under section 53 or Section 54 of\n\t\t\t\tthe Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920\nFive rupees\n(b) Appeal against order on a petition falling\n\t\t\t\tunder clause (a) whether by the Official , Receiver or by the\n\t\t\t\tunsuccessful party\nFive rupees\n4\nMemorandum of appeal against order in\n\t\t\t\tproceedings under the Indian Succession\nAn amount of Act, 1925 one-half the scale of fee\n\t\t\t\tspecified in article 1 on the amount or value of the subject-\n\t\t\t\tmatter\n5.\nApplication for review of judgment\nOne-half of the fee payable on the plaint or\n\t\t\t\tmemorandum of appeal comprising the relief sought in the\n\t\t\t\tapplication for review\n6.\nProbate of a will or\n\t\t\t\tletters of administration with or without will annexed-\nWhen the amount or\n\t\t\t\tvalue of the estate in respect of which the grant of probate or\n\t\t\t\tletters -\nWhen such amount or\n\t\t\t\tvalue exceeds five thousand rupees, but does not exceed fifty\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees,\nWhen such amount or\n\t\t\t\tvalue exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh\n\t\t\t\trupees\nWhen such amount or value exceeds one lakh\n\t\t\t\trupees\nTwo per centum is\n\t\t\t\tmade exceeds one thousand rupees, but does not exceed five\n\t\t\t\tthousand rupees on such amount or value\nThree per centum on\n\t\t\t\tsuch amount or value\nFour per centum on\n\t\t\t\tsuch amount or Value\nFive per centum on such amount or value\n7.\nCertificate under the Indian Succession Act,\n\t\t\t\t1925- Where the amount or value of the debt or security or the\n\t\t\t\taggregate amount or value of the debts and securities specified\n\t\t\t\tin the certificate-\n(i) does not exceed five thousand rupees\nTwo per centum on such amount or value\n(ii) exceeds five thousand rupees, but does not exceed\n\t\t\t\ttwenty-five thousand rupees\nThree per centum on such amount or value\n(iii) exceeds twenty-five thousand rupees, but does not exceed\n\t\t\t\tfifty thousand rupees\nFour per centum on such amount or value\n(iv) exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh\n\t\t\t\trupees\nFive per centum on such amount or value\n(v) exceeds one lakh rupees\nSix per centum on such amount or value.\nSchedule II\nArticle\nArticle\nParticulars\nParticulars\nProper fee\nProper fee\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n1.\n(i) Petition in a suit under the Converts\n\t\t\t\tMarriage Dissolution Act, 1866.\nTen rupees.\n(ii) Petition, plaint or memorandum of appeal\n\t\t\t\twhen presented to a Court under the Dissolution of Muslim\n\t\t\t\tMarriage Act, 1939.\nTen rupees.\n(iii) Petition under the Indian Divorce Act,\n\t\t\t\texcluding petitions under section 44 of that Act, and every\n\t\t\t\tmemorandum of appeal under section 55 of that Act, 1936\nThirty rupees.\n(iv) Plaint or memorandum of appeal under the\n\t\t\t\tParsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 or a counter-claim made\n\t\t\t\tunder section 37 of that Act.\nThirty rupees.\n(v) Plaint or memorandum of appeal in a suit under \n\t\t\t\tthe Indian Colonial Divorce jurisdiction Act, 1926\nFifty rupees.\n(vi) Petition or memorandum of appeal under \n\t\t\t\tSpecial Marriage Act, 1954\nThirty rupees\n(vii) Petition or memorandum of appeal under \n\t\t\t\tHindu Marriage Act, 1955\nTen rupees\n2.\nUndertaking under section 49 of the Indian\n\t\t\t\tDivorce Act, 1869.\nOne rupees.\n3.\nMemorandum of appeal from an order inclusive of\n\t\t\t\tan order determining any question under section 47 or Section 144 of the Code\n\t\t\t\tof Civil Procedure, 1908, and not otherwise provided for when\n\t\t\t\tpresented-\n(i) to any Court other than the High Court or to\n\t\t\t\tany Executive Officer other than the Board of Revenue of Chief executive Authority\nThree rupees.\n(ii) to the Board of Revenue or Chief Executive Authority\nFive rupees.\n(iii) to the High Court -\n(A) from an order other than an order under the\n\t\t\t\tTamil Nadu Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1938 -\n(1) Where the order was passed by a Subordinate\n\t\t\t\tCourt or other authority -\n(a) if the order relates to a suit or\n\t\t\t\tproceeding, the value of which exceeds one thousand rupees.\nTen rupees.\n(b) in any other case.\nFive rupees.\n(2) Where the appeal is under clause 15 of the\n\t\t\t\tLetters Patent-\n(a) from an order passed in exercise of\n\t\t\t\tappellate jurisdiction.\nTen rupees.\n(b) in any other case\nOne hundred rupees.\n(3) Where the appeal is under section 45-B of\n\t\t\t\tthe banking Companies Act, 1949.\nOne hundred rupees.\n(B) From an order under the Tamil Nadu\n\t\t\t\tAgriculturists' Relief Act, 1938.\nTwo rupees.\n(iv) To the Government in pursuance of a\n\t\t\t\tstatutory' right to appeal for which no court fee is leviable\n\t\t\t\tunder any other enactment.\nfive rupees.\n4.\nMemorandum of appeal under section 39 of the \n\t\t\t\tArbitration Act, 1940, where the appeal is from an order of a superior\n\t\t\t\tCourt in a case where -\n(a) the value for jurisdiction does not exceed Rs., 2000;\nFifteen rupees\n(b) Such value exceed Rs., 2000, but does not exceed Rs. 5,000\nTwenty-five rupees\n(c) Such value exceed Rs., 5000, but does not exceed Rs. 20,000;\nOne hundred rupees\n(d) Such value exceed Rs., 20,000,\nTwo hundred rupees\n5.\nCopy or translation of a judgement or order not\n\t\t\t\tbeing a decree or having the force of a decree-\nWhen such judgement or order is passed by any Court \n\t\t\t\tother than the High Court or by the Presiding Officer of any Revenue Court \n\t\t\t\tor Office or by any other court or judicial or executive authority.\nOne rupees.\nWhen such judgement or order is passed by any the High Court.\nTwo rupees.\n6.\nCopy or translation of a judgement or order of a\n\t\t\t\tCriminal Court.\nOne rupees.\n7.\nCopy of a degree or order having the force of a\n\t\t\t\tdecree-\nWhen such decree or order is made by any\n\t\t\t\tCourt other than the High Court.\nFive rupees.\n(a) If the amount or value of the subject-matter of the \n\t\t\t\tsuit wherein such decree or order is made is fifty or less than fifty rupees;\nOne rupees.\n(b) If the such amount or value of exceeds fifty rupees;\nTwo rupees.\nWhen such decree or order is made by the\n\t\t\t\tHigh Court.\nFive rupees.\n8.\nCopy of any document liable to stamp duty under\n\t\t\t\tthe Indian Stamp Act, 1899, when sub-charge\nThe amount of situated by any party to a suit or proceeding in place of the ordinal withdrawn\n(a) When the stamp duty chargeable on the original \n\t\t\t\tdoes not exceed able on the original.\nfifty naye paise\n(b) In any other case.\nOne rupees\n9.\nCopy of any revenue or judicial proceeding or\n\t\t\t\torder not otherwise provided for by this Act or copy of any\n\t\t\t\taccount, statement, report or the like taken out of any Court or\n\t\t\t\toffice of any public officer - For every document.\nFive rupees.\n10.\n(a) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tofficer of land revenue by any person holding temporarily settled\n\t\t\t\tand under direct engagement with Government and when the subject\n\t\t\t\tmatter of the application or petition relates exclusively to such\n\t\t\t\tengagement.\nOne rupees.\n(b) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tofficer of land revenue relating to the grant of darkhast.\nOne rupees.\n(c) Application to a Collector for for lease of land for \n\t\t\t\tagricultural or non-agricultural purposes.\nOne rupees.\n(d) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tExecutive Officer under any Act for the time being in force for\n\t\t\t\tthe conservancy or improvement of any place if the application or\n\t\t\t\tpetition relates solely to such conservancy or improvement.\nOne rupees.\n(e) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tBoard or Executive Officer for a copy or translation of any order\n\t\t\t\tpassed by such Board or Officer or of any other document on\n\t\t\t\trecord in such office.\nOne rupees.\n(f) Application to a Forest Officer by a forest\n\t\t\t\tcontractor for extension of the period of lease -\nOne rupees\n(i) if the value of the subject-matter of the\n\t\t\t\tlease is Rs. 5,000 or less;\nFive rupees.\n(ii) if such value exceeds Rs. 5,000 for every\n\t\t\t\tRs. 1,000 or part thereof in excess of Rs. 5,000.\nOne rupees.\n(g) Application for attestation of private\n\t\t\t\tdocuments intended to be used outside India.\nOne rupees.\n(h) Application for lapsed deposit presented\n\t\t\t\tafter six months after the date on which the amount lapsed to the\n\t\t\t\tGovernment -\n(i) when the amount or deposit does not exceed\n\t\t\t\tRs. 1,000.\nOne rupees.\n(ii) when it exceeds Rs. 1000\nTwo rupees\n(i) Application or petition presented to the\n\t\t\t\tGovernment and not otherwise provided for -\n(i) which involves the exercise or non-exercise\n\t\t\t\tof power conferred by law or rule having the force of law.\nTwo rupees.\n(ii) in other cases\nOne rupees.\n(j) Application or petition presented to the\n\t\t\t\tBoard of Revenue or Chief Executive Authority\n\t\t\t\tand not otherwise provided for.\n(i) which involves the exercise or non-exercise of \n\t\t\t\tpower conferred by law or rule having the force of law;\nTwo rupees\n(ii) in other case\nOne rupee\n(k) Application or petition not falling under\n\t\t\t\tclause (i) or (j) and presented to a public officer or in a\n\t\t\t\tpublic office and not otherwise provided for.\nOne rupees.\n11.\n(a) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tCourt for a copy or translation of any judgement, decree or any\n\t\t\t\tproceeding of, or order passed by, such Court or of any other\n\t\t\t\tdocument on record in such Court.\nfifty paise\n(b) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tCivil Court other than a Principal Civil Court of Original\n\t\t\t\tjurisdiction or to any Court of Small Causes constituted under\n\t\t\t\tthe Provincial Small Cause Court Act, 1887 or to a Collector or\n\t\t\t\tother Officer of Revenue in relation to any suit or case in which\n\t\t\t\tthe amount or value of the subject matter is less than Rs. 50\nTwenty five naye paise.\n(c) Application to any Court that records may be\n\t\t\t\tcalled from another Court, when the Court grants the application\n\t\t\t\tand is of opinion that the transmission of such addition to the records \n\t\t\t\tinvolves the use of the post fee leviable on the applicable.\nOne rupees.\n(d) Application for permission to deposit\n\t\t\t\trevenue or rent either in the office of the collector or in the\n\t\t\t\tCourt.\nOne rupees.\n(e) Application or petition presented to a Court\n\t\t\t\tfor determination of the amount of compensation to be paid by a\n\t\t\t\tlandlord to his tenant.\nOne rupees.\n(f) A written complaint or charge of any offence other \n\t\t\t\tthan an offence for which a Police officer, may under Code of Criminal Court \n\t\t\t\tand an oral compliant of any such offence reduced to writing under the Code \n\t\t\t\tof Criminal Procedure, 1898.\nTwo rupees.\n(g) Application or petition presented to any\n\t\t\t\tCourt, or to any Magistrate in his executive capacity and not\n\t\t\t\totherwise provided for in this Act.\nOne rupees.\n(h) Application for arrest or attachment before\n\t\t\t\tjudgement or for temporary injunction -\n(i) when presented to a Civil Court or Revenue\n\t\t\t\tCourt other than the High Court in relation to any suit or\n\t\t\t\tproceeding -\n(1) if the value of the subject-matter is less\n\t\t\t\tthan Rs. 50;\nOne rupees.\n(2) if the value is Rs. 50 and above\nTwo rupees.\n(ii) when presented to the High Court.\nFive rupees.\n(i) Application or petition under section 47 and\n\t\t\t\torder 21, Rules 58 and 90 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-\n(i) when filed in a Revenue Court or a District Munsifs\n\t\t\t\tCourt;\nOne rupees.\n(ii) when filed in a Subordinate Judges Court or a District Court;\nTwo rupees.\n(iii) when filed in a High Court;\nFive rupees.\n(j) Application or petition under sections\n\t\t\t\t34, 72, 73 and 74 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882.\nFive rupees.\n(k) (i) Application for probate or letters of\n\t\t\t\tadministration to have effect throughout India.\nTwenty Five rupees.\n(ii) Application for probate or letters of\n\t\t\t\tadministration and falling under clause (i) -\n(1) if the value of the estate does not exceed\n\t\t\t\tRs. 1,000\nOne rupees.\n(2) if, the value exceeds Rs. 1,000 but does\n\t\t\t\tnot exceed Rs. 1,00,00.\nFive rupees.\nProvided that if a caveat is entered and the\n\t\t\t\tapplication is registered as a suit, one-half the scale of fee\n\t\t\t\tprescribed in Article 1 of Schedule I on the market value of the\n\t\t\t\testate loss the fee already paid on the application shall be\n\t\t\t\tlevied.\n(1) Original petitions not otherwise\nprovided for \n\t\t\t\twhen filed in-\n(i) a District Munsif's Court-\n(1) under the Madras \n\t\t\t\tVillage Courts Act, 1888;\nOne rupee.\n(2) in other cases.\nThree rupees.\n(ii) a Subordinate Judge's Court or\na District Court;\nFive rupees.\n(iii) the High Court\nTwenty rupees.\n(3) if such value exceeds Rs. 1,00,000.\nFifty rupees.\n(1) Original petitions not otherwise provided\n\t\t\t\tfor when filed in -\n(i) a District Munsif's Court\n(1) under the Tamil Nadu Village Courts Act,\n\t\t\t\t1888;\nFive rupees.\n(2) in other cases.\nTen rupees.\n(ii) the City Civil Court, Chennai, a Sub-Court\n\t\t\t\tor a District Court;\nTwenty five rupees.\n(iii) the High Court.\nFifty rupees.\n(m) Application to set aside an\nAward under section \n\t\t\t\t34 of the Arbitration Act, 1940-\n(i) when presented to a District Munsifs Court-\n(1) if the value of the subject\nmatter of the award does \n\t\t\t\tnot exceed Rs. 2,000/-.\nTen rupees\n(2) If Such value exceeds\nRs. 2000\nTwenty rupees\n(ii) when presented to a Subordinate Judges Court, a \n\t\t\t\tDistrict Court or the High Court -\n(1) If such value does not exceeds\nRs. 10,000/-\nOne hundred rupees\n(2) If such value exceeds\nRs. 10,000 but \n\t\t\t\tdoes not exceed Rs. 25, 000\nTwo hundred rupees\n(3) If such value exceeds\nRs. 25, 000\nThree hundred rupees\n(n) Application under section 14 or Section 20 of the \n\t\t\t\tArbitration Act, 1940, for a direction for filing an award or for an order \n\t\t\t\tfor filing an agreement and application for enforcing foreign awards-\n(i) when presented to a District Munsifs Court;\nFifteen rupees\n(ii) when presented to a Subordinate Judges Court, a District Munsifs Court;\nFifteen rupees\n(1) If the Value of the subject matter of the \n\t\t\t\taward does not exceed Rs. 5000;\nFifteen Rupees\n(2) If Such value exceeds Rs. 5,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,000;\nOne hundred rupee\n(3) If such value exceed Rs. 10,000;\nTwo hundred and fifty rupees\n(o) Petition to the High Court for the admission of \n\t\t\t\tan Advocate, Attorney or Vakil.\nTwenty rupees\n(p) Application presented to the High Court under \n\t\t\t\tsection 24 of the Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951\nFifty rupees.\n(q) Revision petition presented to the High Court under \n\t\t\t\tsection 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, or under section 25 \n\t\t\t\tof the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, or under the provisions \n\t\t\t\tof any other Act, arising out of a suit or proceeding-\n(i) if the value of the suit or proceeding to which \n\t\t\t\tthe order sought to be revised relates does not exceed Rs.1,000;\nFive rupees\n(ii) if such value exceeds Rs.1,000;\nTen rupees\n(r) Petition under sections 153, 166 and 221 of the Indian \n\t\t\t\tCompanies Act, 1913, in connection with the binding up of a company.\nTwo hundred rupees.\n(s) Petition to the High Court under Article 226 of the \n\t\t\t\tConstitution for a writ other than the writ of Habeas Corpus or a petition \n\t\t\t\tunder Article 227 of the Constitution.\nOne Hundred rupees.\n(t) Application under section 45 of the Specific \n\t\t\t\tRelief Act, 1877\nOne hundred rupees.\n(u) Application or petition presented\nto the High Court\n\t\t\t\t and not otherwise specifically provided for.\nTwo rupees.\n(v) Election petition questioning the\nelection of \n\t\t\t\ta person in respect of-\n(i) the office of member of a Panchayat:\nTwenty-five rupees.\n(ii) the office of President of a Panchayat;\nFifty Rupees.\n(iii) the office of a member of Municipal council \n\t\t\t\tor a district board;\nOne hundred Rupees.\n(iv) the office of Chairman of a Municipality or\n\t\t\t\tpresident of a district board\nTwo hundred rupees.\nApplication under section 145 of the Code of \n\t\t\t\tCriminal Procedure, 1973.\nFive rupees.\n12.\nApplication for leave to sue as an indigent\n\t\t\t\tperson\nOne rupees.\n13.\nApplication for leave to appeal as a\npauper-\n(i) when presented to a District Court or a Subordinaee Judge's Court\nOne rupees.\n(ii) when presented to the High\nCourt\nTwo rupees.\n14.\n(i) Bail bond or other instrument of\nobligation when \n\t\t\t\tfiled in village courts.\nOne rupee.\n(ii) Bail bond or other instrument of obligation given \n\t\t\t\tin pursuance of an order made by a court or magistrate under any \n\t\t\t\tsection of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, or the Code of Civil Procedure, \n\t\t\t\t1908, and not otherwise provided for in this Act.\nOne rupees.\n15.\nEvery copy of power-of-attorney when\nfiled in any \n\t\t\t\tsuit or proceeding.\nOne rupees.\n16.\nMukhtarnama, Vakalatnama or any paper signed by \n\t\t\t\tan advocate signifying or intimating that he is retained for a party- When presented\n(i) to any Court other than the High court or to any \n\t\t\t\tCollector or Magistrate or other executive officer;\nTwo rupees.\n(ii) to the Board of Revenue or a\nChief Executive Authority;\nThree rupees.\n(iii) to the High Court;\nFive rupees.\n(iv) to the Government.\nFive rupees.\n17.\nAgreement in writing stating a question for the \n\t\t\t\topinion of the Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-\n(i) when presented to a District\nMunsif's Court.\nFifteen rupees.\n(ii) in any other case.\nOne hundred rupees.\n18.\nCaveat. -\nSchedule III\nPART I\nPART I\n(See sections 52 and 53)\nForm of Valuation (to be used with such modifications, if any, as may be necessary) of Estate.",
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"title": "1. I (A.B.), solemnly affirm/make oath and say that I am the executor (or one of the executors or one of the next-of-kin) of deceased, and that I have truly set forth in Annexure A to this Form of Valuation all the estate of which the above named deceased died possessed or to which he was entitled at the time of his death, and which has come or is likely to come, to my hands.",
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"content": "2.I further say that I have also truly set forth in Annexure B to this Form of Valuation all the items which I am by law allowed to deduct.",
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"title": "3. I further declare that the said estate exclusive only of the last-mentioned items was on the dale of the death of the said deceased under the value of",
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"title": "4. I (A.B.) further declare that what is stated in this Form of Valuation is true to the best of my information and belief.",
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"Act ID": "Last Updated 22nd November, 2019 [ap647]",
"Act Number": "(Act No. 7 of 1956)",
"Enactment Date": "22nd March, 1956",
"Act Year": "1956",
"Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
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