The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1963

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    "title": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1963",
    "short_title": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1963",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 8 of 1963",
    "act_year": 1963,
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    "description": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1963",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Amendment of Schedules I and II of the Act 7 of 1870.",
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            "content": "(1) In Schedule I, for Article numbers, 6, 7, 8 and 9 the following shall be substituted, namely:-\nNumber\nProper Fee\n\"6.\nCopy of translation of a judgment or order not\n\t\t\t\t\tbeing, or having the force of, a decree\nWhen such judgment or order is passed by any\n\t\t\t\t\tCivil Court other than a High Court, or by the Presiding Officer\n\t\t\t\t\tof any Revenue Court or Officer, or by any other Judicial or\n\t\t\t\t\texecutive Authority-\n(a) If the amount or value of the\n\t\t\t\t\tsubject-matter is fifty or less than fifty rupees\nOne rupee\n(b) If such amount or value exceeds fifty\n\t\t\t\t\trupees\nTwo rupees\nWhen such judgment or order is passed by a High\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt\nFour rupees.\n7.\nCopy of a decree or order having force of a decree\nWhen such decree or order is made by any Civil\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt other than a High Court, or by any Revenue Court-\n(a) If the amount or value of the\n\t\t\t\t\tsubject-matter of the suit wherein such decree or order is made\n\t\t\t\t\tis fifty or less than fifty rupees\nTwo rupees\n(b) If such amount or value exceeds fifty\n\t\t\t\t\trupees\nThree rupees.\nWhen such decree or order is made by a High\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt\nSeven rupees and fifty naye paise.\n8.\nCopy of any document liable to stamp-duty under\n\t\t\t\t\tthe Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act 2 of 1899), when left by any\n\t\t\t\t\tparty to a suit or proceeding in place of the original withdrawn\n(a) When the stamp-duty chargeable on the\n\t\t\t\t\toriginal does not exceed one rupee\nThe amount of the duty chargeable on the\n\t\t\t\t\toriginal.\n(b) In any other case\nOne rupee.\n9.\nCopy of any revenue or judicial proceeding or\n\t\t\t\t\torder not otherwise provided for by this Act, or copy of any\n\t\t\t\t\taccount, statement, report or the like, taken out of any Civil\n\t\t\t\t\tor Criminal or Revenue Court or Office, or from the office of\n\t\t\t\t\tany chief officer charged with the executive administration of a\n\t\t\t\t\tDivision\nFor every three hundred and sixty words or\n\t\t\t\t\tfraction of three hundred and sixty words\nOne rupee.\"\n\"Schedule II\nFixed Fees\nFixed Fees\nNumber\nProper Fee\n1.\nApplication or petition\n(a) When presented to any officer of the Customs or Excise\n\t\t\t\t\tDepartment or to any Magistrate by any person having dealings\n\t\t\t\t\twith the Government, and when the subject-matter of such\n\t\t\t\t\tapplication relates exclusively to those dealings; or\nFifty naye paise\nwhen presented to any Municipal Board or other local\n\t\t\t\t\tauthority constituted under any Act for the time being in force\n\t\t\t\t\tfor the conservancy or improvement of any place, if the\n\t\t\t\t\tapplication or petition relates solely to such conservancy or\n\t\t\t\t\timprovement; or\nwhen presented to any Civil Court other than a principal\n\t\t\t\t\tCivil Court of original jurisdiction, or to any Court of Small\n\t\t\t\t\tCauses constituted under Act No. 11 of 1865 or under Act No. 16\n\t\t\t\t\tof 1868, Section 20 or to a Collector or other officer of\n\t\t\t\t\trevenue in relation to any suit or case in which the amount or\n\t\t\t\t\tvalue of the subject-matter is less than fifty rupees; or when\n\t\t\t\t\tpresented to any Civil, Criminal or Revenue Court, or to any\n\t\t\t\t\tBoard or executive officer for the purpose of obtaining a copy\n\t\t\t\t\tor translation of any judgment, decree or order passed by such\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt, Board or officer, or of any other document on record in\n\t\t\t\t\tsuch Court or Office.\n(b) When presented in a Regional Transport Authority or State\n\t\t\t\t\tTransport Authority containing a prayer for permit for Contract\n\t\t\t\t\tCarriage, Stage Carriage, Private Carrier or Public Carrier or\n\t\t\t\t\tfor any other purpose.\nSeven rupees and fifty naye paise\n(c) When containing a complaint or charge of any offence\n\t\t\t\t\tother than an offence for which police officer may, under the\n\t\t\t\t\tCriminal Procedure Code, arrest without warrant and presented to\n\t\t\t\t\tany Criminal Court; or\nIn the case of a complaint or charge of an offence\n\t\t\t\t\tpresented to a criminal court or in the case of an application\n\t\t\t\t\tor petition presented to any officer of land revenue by any\n\t\t\t\t\tperson holding temporarily settled land under direct engagement\n\t\t\t\t\twith Government, and when the subject-matter of the application\n\t\t\t\t\tor petition relates exclusively to such engagement-one rupees\n\t\t\t\t\tand fifty paise and in other case one rupee.\nwhen presented to a Civil, Criminal or Revenue Court, or to a\n\t\t\t\t\tCollector or any revenue officer having jurisdiction equal or\n\t\t\t\t\tsubordinate to a Collector, or to any Magistrate in his\n\t\t\t\t\texecutive capacity, and not otherwise provided for by the Act,\n\t\t\t\t\tor to deposit in Court as revenue or rent; or for determination\n\t\t\t\t\tby a Court of the amount of compensation to be paid by a\n\t\t\t\t\tlandlord to his tenant; or\nwhen presented to a Collector or other officer making a\n\t\t\t\t\tsettlement of land revenue, or to a Board of Revenue, or a\n\t\t\t\t\tCommissioner of Revenue, relating to matters connected with the\n\t\t\t\t\tassessment of land or the ascertainment of rights thereto or\n\t\t\t\t\tinterest therein, if presented previous to the final\n\t\t\t\t\tconfirmation of such settlement; or\nwhen presented to any officer of land revenue by any person\n\t\t\t\t\tholding temporarily settled land under direct engagement with\n\t\t\t\t\tGovernment, and when the subject-matter of the application or\n\t\t\t\t\tpetition relates exclusively to such engagement.\n(d) When presented to a Chief Commissioner or other Chief\n\t\t\t\t\tControlling Revenue or Executive Authority, or to a Commissioner\n\t\t\t\t\tof Revenue or Circuit, or to any chief officer charged with the\n\t\t\t\t\texecutive administration a Division and not otherwise provided\n\t\t\t\t\tfor by this Act.\nThree rupees.\n(e) When presented to a High Court.\nSix rupees.\n(f) When presented to any officer containing prayer for\n\t\t\t\t\tsettlement of fishery, ferry, forest produce, forest mahals,\n\t\t\t\t\telephant mahals, or an officer giving terms for acceptance of\n\t\t\t\t\tGovernment for any construction or an application for a permit\n\t\t\t\t\tor licence to deal in controlled commodities.\nSeven rupees and fifty naye paise.\n(g) When presented to an Appropriate Revenue Authority for\n\t\t\t\t\tdemarcation of land-\n(i) when the area of such land does not exceed one hectare\nTwo rupees.\n(ii) for each subsequent area of one hectare or part thereof\nOne rupee.\n1-A.\nApplication to any Civil Court that records may be called for\n\t\t\t\t\tfrom another Court\nWhen the Court grants the application and is of opinion that\n\t\t\t\t\tthe transmission of such record involves the use of the post.\nOne rupee and fifty naye paise in addition to any\n\t\t\t\t\tfee levied on the application under CT (a), Clause (c) or Clause\n\t\t\t\t\t(e) of Article 1 of this Schedule.\n2.\nApplication for leave sue as a pauper\nOne rupee.\n3.\nApplication for leave to appeal as a pauper\n(a) When presented to a District Court.\nTwo rupees.\n(b) When presented to a Commissioner or a High Court.\nThree rupees.\n4.\n.....\n5.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal in a suit to establish or\n\t\t\t\t\tdisprove a right of occupancy\n6.\nBail-bound or other instrument of obligation given in\n\t\t\t\t\tpursuance of an order made by a Court or Magistrate under any\n\t\t\t\t\tsection of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act 5 of 1898)\n\t\t\t\t\tor the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (Act 5 of 1908) and not\n\t\t\t\t\totherwise provided for by this Act\nOne rupee.\n7.\nUndertaking under Section 49 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869\n\t\t\t\t\t(Act 4 of 1869)\n8.\n.....\n9.\n.....\n10.\nMukhtarnama or Wakalatnama\nWhen presented for the conduct of any one case-\n(a) to any Civil or Criminal Court other than a High Court,\n\t\t\t\t\tor to any Revenue Court, or to any Collector or Magistrate, or\n\t\t\t\t\tother executive officer except such as are mentioned in Cls. (b)\n\t\t\t\t\tand (c) of this number\nOne rupee.\n(b) to a Commissioner of Revenue, Circuit or Customs Officer\n\t\t\t\t\tor to any officer charged with the executive administration of a\n\t\t\t\t\tDivision, not being the Chief Revenue or Executive Authority\nTwo rupees and fifty naye paise.\n(c) to a High Court, Chief Commissioner, Board of Revenue, or\n\t\t\t\t\tother Chief Controlling Revenue or executive authority or an\n\t\t\t\t\tappellate authority prescribed under the Motor Vehicles Act,\n\t\t\t\t\t1939 (Act 4 of 1939) or to an appellate authority prescribed\n\t\t\t\t\tunder the Assam Sales Tax Act, 1947 (Assam Act 17 of 1947).\nFive rupees.\n11.\nMemorandum of appeal when the appeal is not from a decree or\n\t\t\t\t\tan order having the force of a decree, and is presented\n(a) to any Civil Court other than a High Court, or to any\n\t\t\t\t\tRevenue Court or executive officer other than the High Court or\n\t\t\t\t\tChief Controlling Revenue or Executive Authority except an\n\t\t\t\t\tauthority specified in Clause (b)\nThree rupees.\n(b) to an Excise Appellate Authority under Rule 340 of the\n\t\t\t\t\tAssam Excise Rules\nFifteen rupees.\n(c) to a High Court or Chief Commissioner, or other Chief\n\t\t\t\t\tControlling Executive or Revenue Authority except an authority\n\t\t\t\t\tprescribed in Clause (b)\nTen rupees.\n(d) to an Excise Appellate Authority under Rule 341 of the\n\t\t\t\t\tAssam Excise Rules\nFifty rupees.\n(e) to a High Court in Miscellaneous revenue matters except\n\t\t\t\t\t(f) below or to an appellate authority prescribed under the\n\t\t\t\t\tMotor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Act 4 of 1939)\nFifteen rupees.\n(f) to a High Court in appeal and revision matters arising\n\t\t\t\t\tout of settlement of fisheries-\n(i) when the bid money is below ten thousand rupees\nFifteen rupees\n(ii) when the bid money is above ten thousand rupees but\n\t\t\t\t\tbelow twenty thousand rupees\nTwenty-five rupees.\n(iii) when the bid money is above twenty thousand rupees\nThirty rupees.\n12.\nCaveat\nTen rupees.\n13.\nApplication under Act No. 10 of 1859, Section 26, or Bengal\n\t\t\t\t\tAct No. 6 of 1862, Section 9, or Bengal Act No. 8 of 1869,\n\t\t\t\t\tSection 37\nFive rupees.\n14.\nPetition in suit under the Native Converts' Marriage\n\t\t\t\t\tDissolution Act, 1866 (Act 21 of 1866)\nFive rupees.\n15.\n....\n16.\n....\n17.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal in each of the following\n\t\t\t\t\tsuits:\n(i)\nto alter or set aside a summary decision or order of any of\n\t\t\t\t\tthe Civil Courts not established by Letters Patent or any\n\t\t\t\t\tRevenue Court;\n(ii)\nto alter or cancel any entry in a register of the names of\n\t\t\t\t\tproprietors of revenue-paying estates\nFifteen rupees.\n(iii)\nto obtain a declaratory decree where no consequential relief\n\t\t\t\t\tis prayed\nTwenty rupees\n(iv)\nto set aside an award\nFifteen rupees.\n(v)\nto set aside an adoption\nTwenty rupees.\n(vi)\nevery other suit where it is not possible to estimate at a\n\t\t\t\t\tmoney-value the subject-matter in dispute, and which is not\n\t\t\t\t\totherwise provided for by this Act.\nFifteen rupees.\n18.\nApplication under under Section 14 or Section 20 of the\n\t\t\t\t\tIndian Arbitration Act, 1940 (Act 10 of 1940), for a direction\n\t\t\t\t\tfor filing an award or for an order for filing an agreement\nWhen presented to a Munsif's Court\nFifteen rupees.\nWhen presented to any other Court\nFifty rupees.\n19.\nAgreement in writing stating a question for the opinion of\n\t\t\t\t\tthe Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of\n\t\t\t\t\t1908)\nFifteen rupees\n20.\nEvery petition under the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (Act 4 of\n\t\t\t\t\t1869) except petitions under Section 44 of the same Act, and\n\t\t\t\t\tevery memorandum of appeal under Section 55 of the same Act.\nTwenty rupees.\n21.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal under the Parsi Marriage and\n\t\t\t\t\tDivorce Act, 1865 (Act 15 of 1865).\nTwenty rupees",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass124]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act No. 8 of 1963",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1963",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1963",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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