THE ASSAM COURT-FEES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1932

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    "title": "THE ASSAM COURT-FEES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1932",
    "short_title": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1932",
    "act_number": "3",
    "act_year": 1932,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "amended",
    "enactment_date": "1932-04-27",
    "description": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1932",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "An Act to amend the Court-fees Act, 1870",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the Court-fees Act, 1870, in its application to Assam in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Act VII of 1870",
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            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement",
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            "content": "Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Court-fees (Amendment) Act, 1932.",
            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "It extends to the whole of Assam.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "It shall come into force on the 1st May, 1932.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of section 7",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In section 7 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act)-\nin sub-clause (a) of clause V for the word \"ten\" the word \"twenty\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "Act VII of 1870",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Amendment of section 10",
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            "content": "For clause (ii) of section 10 of the principal Act, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Clause to Section 3",
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            "content": "ii. In such case-",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Sub-clause to Section 3",
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            "content": "(a) the suit shall be stayed until the additional fee is paid and if the additional fee is not paid within such time as the Court shall fix, the suit shall be dismissed; and whether the additional fee is or is not paid,",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Sub-clause to Section 3",
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            "content": "(b) the court may, if it is of opinion that the estimation has been grossly insufficient, further order that the expenses of the commission, or such portion thereof as the court may think reasonable, be paid by the party in fault to the Government, and the order so made shall have the force and effect of a decree passed by the court.",
            "footnote": "For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Assam Gazette 1931, Part V, page 20; for Report of Select Committee, see Assam Gazette, 1932, Part V, page 55; for Proceedings in Council, see Assam Gazette, Part VI, 1931, pages 50, 380-385, 840-857, and 1932, pages 28-29, 736-741.",
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        "Act ID": "193203",
        "Act Number": "3",
        "Enactment Date": "1932-04-27",
        "Act Year": "1932",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1932",
        "Department": "Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}