The Court-Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972

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    "slug": "the-court-fees-assam-amendment-act-1972-1972",
    "title": "The Court-Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972",
    "short_title": "The Court-Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 27 of 1972",
    "act_year": 1972,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Court-Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Amendment of Schedule I of Act 7 of 1870.",
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            "content": "(1) for Article 1, the following shall be substituted, namely:-\nNumber\nProper fee\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n\"I.\nPlaint, written statement pleading a set-off or\n\t\t\t\t\tcounter-claim or memorandum of appeal (not otherwise provided\n\t\t\t\t\tfor in this Act, or of cross-objection presented to any Civil or\n\t\t\t\t\tRevenue Court except those mentioned in Section 3\nWhen the amount or value of the subject-matter\n\t\t\t\t\tin dispute does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five\n\t\t\t\t\trupees or part thereof of such amount or value.\nFifty-five paise\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds one hundred\n\t\t\t\t\trupees, for every ten rupees or part thereof, in excess of one\n\t\t\t\t\thundred rupees up to one hundred and fifty rupees\nOne rupees and ninety-five paise.\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds one hundred\n\t\t\t\t\tand fifty rupees, for every ten rupees, or part thereof up to\n\t\t\t\t\tone hundred rupees\nOne rupees and forty paise.\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds one thousand\n\t\t\t\t\trupees, for every one hundred rupees, or part thereof in excess\n\t\t\t\t\tof one thousand rupees up to seven thousand five hundred rupees\nEight rupees and twenty-five paise\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds seven\n\t\t\t\t\tthousand five hundred rupees, for every two hundred and fifty\n\t\t\t\t\trupees, or part thereof, in excess of seven thousand five\n\t\t\t\t\thundred rupees up to ten thousand rupees\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds ten thousand\n\t\t\t\t\trupees, for every five hundred rupees, or part thereof, in\n\t\t\t\t\texcess of ten thousand rupees, up to twenty thousand rupees\nTwenty-four rupees and seventy-five paise\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds, twenty\n\t\t\t\t\tthousand rupees, for every one thousand rupees, or part thereof,\n\t\t\t\t\tin excess of twenty thousand rupees up to fifty thousand rupees\nThirty-three rupees\nand\nWhen such amount or value exceeds fifty\n\t\t\t\t\tthousand rupees, for every five thousand rupees, or part thereof\n\t\t\t\t\tin excess of fifty thousand rupees:\nForty-one rupees and twenty-five paise\nProvided that maximum fee leviable on a plaint\n\t\t\t\t\tor memorandum of appeal shall not exceed eleven thousand\n\t\t\t\t\trupees\".\n(2) for Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9 the following shall be substituted, namely :-\n\"6.\nCopy or translation of a judgment or order not\n\t\t\t\tbeing or having the force of a decree\nWhen such judgment or order is passed by any\n\t\t\t\tCivil Court other than High Court, or by the Presiding Officer of\n\t\t\t\tany Revenue Court or officer or by any other Judicial or\n\t\t\t\tExecutive Authority:\n(a) if the amount or value of the subject-matter\n\t\t\t\tis fifty or less than fifty rupees\nOne rupee and ten paise\n(b) if such amount or value exceeds fifty rupees\nTwo rupees and twenty paise\n(c) when such judgment or order is passed by a\n\t\t\t\tHigh Court\nFour rupees and forty paise\n7.\nCopy of a decree or order having the force of a\n\t\t\t\tdecree\nWhen such decree or order is made by any Civil\n\t\t\t\tCourt other than a High, Court, or by any Revenue Court-\n(a) if the amount or value of the subject-matter\n\t\t\t\tof the suit wherein such decree or order is made is fifty or less\n\t\t\t\tthan fifty rupees\nTwo rupees and twenty paise\n(b) if such amount or value exceeds fifty rupees\nThree rupees and thirty paise\n(c) when such decree or order is made by High\n\t\t\t\tCourt\nEight rupees and twenty-five paise\n8.\nCopy of any document liable to stamp-duty under\n\t\t\t\tthe Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act 2 of 1899), when left by any\n\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\toriginal does not exceed one rupee\nThe amount of the duty chargeable on the original.\n(b) in any other case\nOne rupee and twenty paise.\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 Civil or\n\t\t\t\tCriminal or Revenue Court or office or from the office of any\n\t\t\t\tChief Officer charged with the executive administration of\n\t\t\t\tDivision.\nFor every three hundred and sixty words or\n\t\t\t\tfraction of three hundred and sixty words\nOne rupee and twenty-paise\".\n(3) the table of rates of ad valorem fees leviable on the institution of suits at the end shall be substituted by the following:-\nThe Schedule\nTable of rates of ad valorem fees leviable on the institution of suits\nTable of rates of ad valorem fees leviable on the institution of suits\n[ See Section 4 of the Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1958]\nWhen the amount or value of the subject-matter\n\t\t\t\t\texceeds\nBut does not exceed\nProper fee\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nRs.\nRs.\nRs. 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the amount or value of the subject matter\n\t\t\t\t\texceeds\nBut does not exceed\nProper fee\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nRs.\nRs.\nRs. 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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Amendment of Schedule II of Act 7 of 1870.",
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            "content": "\"Schedule II\nFixed Fees\nFixed Fees\nNumber\nProper Fee\n1.\nApplication or petition\n(a) When presented to any officer of the\n\t\t\t\t\tCustoms or Excise Department or to any Magistrate by any person\n\t\t\t\t\thaving dealings with the Government, and when the subject-matter\n\t\t\t\t\tof such application relates exclusively to those dealings; or\nFifty naye paise\nwhen presented to any Municipal Board or other\n\t\t\t\t\tlocal authority constituted under any Act for the time being in\n\t\t\t\t\tforce for 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\n\t\t\t\t\tprincipal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, or to any Court\n\t\t\t\t\tof Small Causes constituted under Act No. 11 of 1865 or under\n\t\t\t\t\tAct No. 16 of 1868, Section 20 or to a Collector or other\n\t\t\t\t\tofficer of revenue in relation to any suit or case in which the\n\t\t\t\t\tamount or value of the subject-matter is less than fifty rupees;\n\t\t\t\t\tor\nwhen presented to any Civil, Criminal or\n\t\t\t\t\tRevenue Court, or to any Board or executive officer for the\n\t\t\t\t\tpurpose of obtaining a copy or translation of any judgment,\n\t\t\t\t\tdecree or order passed by such Court, Board or officer, or of\n\t\t\t\t\tany other document on record in such Court or Office\n(b) When presented in a Regional Transport\n\t\t\t\t\tAuthority or State Transport Authority containing a prayer for\n\t\t\t\t\tpermit for Contract Carriage, Stage Carriage, Private Carrier or\n\t\t\t\t\tPublic Carrier or for any other purpose\nEight rupees and twenty-five paise\n(c) When containing a complaint or charge of\n\t\t\t\t\tany offence other than an offence for which police officer may,\n\t\t\t\t\tunder the Criminal Procedure Code, arrest without warrant and\n\t\t\t\t\tpresented to any Criminal Court; or when presented to a Civil,\n\t\t\t\t\tCriminal or Revenue Court, or to a Collector or any revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tofficer having jurisdiction equal or subordinate to a Collector,\n\t\t\t\t\tor to any Magistrate in his executive capacity, and not\n\t\t\t\t\totherwise provided for by this Act, or to deposit in Court as\n\t\t\t\t\trevenue or rent; or\nIn the case of a complaint or charge of an\n\t\t\t\t\toffence presented to a criminal court or in the case of an\n\t\t\t\t\tapplication or petition presented to any officer of land revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tby any person holding temporarily settled land under direct\n\t\t\t\t\tengagement with Government, and when the subject-matter of the\n\t\t\t\t\tapplication or petition relates exclusively to such engagement\n\t\t\t\t\tone rupee and sixty-five paise and in other case one rupee and\n\t\t\t\t\tten paise.\nfor determination by a Court of the amount of\n\t\t\t\t\tcompensation to be paid by a land lord to his tenant; or\nwhen presented to a Collector or other officer\n\t\t\t\t\tmaking a settlement of land revenue, or to a Board of Revenue,\n\t\t\t\t\tor a Commissioner of Revenue, relating to matters connected with\n\t\t\t\t\tthe assessment 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\none rupee and ten paise\nWhen presented to any officer of land revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tby any person holding temporarily settled land under direct\n\t\t\t\t\tengagement with Government, and when the subject-matter of the\n\t\t\t\t\tapplication or petition relates exclusively to such engagement.\nWhen presented to any officer of land revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tby any person the kabulyat application for settlement of land\n\t\t\t\t\tunder direct engagement with Government\nTwo rupees\n(d) When presented to a Chief Commissioner or\n\t\t\t\t\tother Chief Controlling Revenue or Executive Authority, or to a\n\t\t\t\t\tCommissioner of Revenue or Circuit, or to any chief officer\n\t\t\t\t\tcharged with the executive administration of a Division and not\n\t\t\t\t\totherwise provided for by this Act\nThree rupees and thirty paise\n(e) When presented to a High Court\nFifty rupees\n(i) under Article 226 of the Constitution\n(ii) in all other matters\nTen rupees\n(f) When presented to any officer containing\n\t\t\t\t\tprayer for settlement of fishery, ferry, forest produce, forest\n\t\t\t\t\tmahals, elephant mahals, or an officer giving terms for\n\t\t\t\t\tacceptance of Government for any construction or an application\n\t\t\t\t\tfor a permit or licence to deal in controlled commodities\nEight rupees and twenty-five paise\n(g) When presented to am Appropriate Revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tAuthority for demarcation of land-\n(i) when the area of such land does not exceed\n\t\t\t\t\tone hectare\nTwo rupees and twenty paise\n(ii) for each subsequent area of one hectare or\n\t\t\t\t\tpart thereof\nOne rupee and ten paise.\n2.\nApplication to any Civil Court that that\n\t\t\t\t\trecords may be called for from another Court\nWhen the Court grants the application and is of\n\t\t\t\t\topinion the transmission of such record involves the use of the\n\t\t\t\t\tpost\nOne rupee and sixty-five paise in addition to\n\t\t\t\t\tany fee levied on the application under Clause (a), Clause(c) or\n\t\t\t\t\tClause(e) of Article 1 of this Schedule.\n3.\nApplication for leave to sue as a pauper\nOne rupee and ten paise.\n4.\nApplication for leave to appeal as a pauper\n(a) When presented to a District Court\nTwo rupees and twenty paise\n(b) When presented to a commissioner or a High\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt\nThree rupees and thirty paise.\n5.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal in a suit to\n\t\t\t\t\testablish or disprove a right of occupancy\n6.\nBail-bond or other instrument of obligation\n\t\t\t\t\tgiven in pursuance of an order made by a Court or Magistrate\n\t\t\t\t\tunder any section of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act 5\n\t\t\t\t\tof 1898) or the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908)\n\t\t\t\t\tand not otherwise provided for by this Act\nOne rupee and ten paise.\n7.\nUndertaking under Section 49 of the Indian\n\t\t\t\t\tDivorce Act, 1869 (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\n\t\t\t\t\tHigh Court, or to any Revenue Court, or to any Collector or\n\t\t\t\t\tMagistrate, or other executive officer except such as are\n\t\t\t\t\tmentioned in Clauses (b) and (c) of this number.\nOne rupee and ten paise.\n(b) to a Commissioner of Revenue, Circuit or\n\t\t\t\t\tCustoms officer or to any officer charged with the executive\n\t\t\t\t\tadministration of a Division, not being the Chief Revenue or\n\t\t\t\t\tExecutive Authority\nTwo rupees and seventy-five paise.\n(c) to a High Court, Chief Commissioner, Board\n\t\t\t\t\tof Revenue, or other Chief Controlling Revenue or executive\n\t\t\t\t\tauthority or an appellate authority prescribed under the Motor\n\t\t\t\t\tVehicles Act, 1939 (Act 4 of 1939) or to an appellate authority\n\t\t\t\t\tprescribed under the Assam Sales Tax Act, 1947 (Assam Act 17 of\n\t\t\t\t\t1947).\nFive rupees and fifty paise.\n11.\nMemorandum of appeal when the appeal is not\n\t\t\t\t\tfrom a decree or an order having the force of a decree, and is\n\t\t\t\t\tpresented.\n(a) to any Civil Court other than a High Court,\n\t\t\t\t\tor to any Revenue Court or executive officer other than the High\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt or Chief Controlling Revenue or Executive Authority except\n\t\t\t\t\tan authority specified in Clause (b)\nThree rupees and thirty paise.\n(b) to an Excise Appellate Authority under Rule\n\t\t\t\t\t340 of the Assam Excise Rules\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n(c) to a High Court or Chief Commissioner, or\n\t\t\t\t\tother Chief Controlling Executive or Revenue Authority except an\n\t\t\t\t\tauthority prescribed in Clause (b)\nEleven rupees.\n(d) to an Excise Appellate Authority under Rule\n\t\t\t\t\t341 of the Assam Excise Rules\nFifty-five rupees.\n(e) to a High Court in Miscellaneous revenue\n\t\t\t\t\tmatters except (f) below or to an appellate authority prescribed\n\t\t\t\t\tunder the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Act 4 of 1939); and\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n(f) to a High Court in appeal and revision\n\t\t\t\t\tmatters arising out of settlement of fisheries-\n(i) when the bid money is below ten thousand\n\t\t\t\t\trupees\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n(ii) when the bid money is above ten thousand\n\t\t\t\t\trupees but below twenty-thousand rupees\nTwenty-seven rupees and fifty paise\n(iii) when the bid money is above twenty\n\t\t\t\t\tthousand rupees\nThirty-three rupees.\n12.\nCaveat.\n......\nEleven rupees.\n13.\nApplication under Act No. 10 of 1859, Section\n\t\t\t\t\t26, or Bengal Act No. 6 of 1862, Section 9, or Bengal Act No. 8\n\t\t\t\t\tof 1859, Section 37\nFive rupees and fifty paise.\n14.\nPetition in suit under the Native Converts'\n\t\t\t\t\tMarriage Dissolution Act, 1866 (Act 21 of 1866)\nFive rupees and fifty paise.\n15.\n.....\n16.\n.....\n17.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal in each of the\n\t\t\t\t\tfollowing suits-\n(i) to alter or set aside a summary decision or\n\t\t\t\t\torder of any of the Civil Courts not established by Letters\n\t\t\t\t\tPatent or of any Revenue Court;\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n(ii) to alter or cancel any entry in a register\n\t\t\t\t\tof the names of proprietors of revenue-paying estates\n(iii) to obtain a declaratory decree where no\n\t\t\t\t\tconsequential relief is prayed\nTwenty-two rupees\n(iv) to set aside an award\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise\n(v) to set-aside an adoption\nTwenty-two rupees\n(vi) every other suit where it is not possible\n\t\t\t\t\tto estimate at a money-value the subject-matter in dispute, and\n\t\t\t\t\twhich is not otherwise provided or by this Act\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n18.\nApplication under Section 14 of Section 20 of\n\t\t\t\t\tthe Indian Arbitration Act, 1940 (Act 10 of 1940), for a\n\t\t\t\t\tdirection for filing an award or for an order for filing an\n\t\t\t\t\tagreement\nWhen presented to a Munsif's Court\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\nWhen presented to any other Court\nFifty-five rupees\n19.\nAgreement in writing stating in question for\n\t\t\t\t\tthe opinion of the Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\n\t\t\t\t\t(Act 5 of 1908)\nSixteen rupees and fifty paise.\n20.\nEvery petition under the Indian Divorce Act,\n\t\t\t\t\t1869 (Act 4 of 1869) except petitions under Section 44 of the\n\t\t\t\t\tsame Act, and every memorandum of appeal under Section 55 of the\n\t\t\t\t\tsame Act\nTwenty-two rupees.\n21.\nPlaint or memorandum of appeal under the Parsi\n\t\t\t\t\tMarriage and Divorce Act, 1865 (Act 15 of 1865)\nTwenty-two rupees",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass125]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act No. 27 of 1972",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1972",
        "Short Title": "The Court-Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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