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Bare Act

The Goa Court-Fees Act, 2024

Civil202456 sections7 chapters

This law sets the rules for how much money people must pay when filing documents in courts and public offices across the state of Goa. It updates and organizes the existing fee structure to ensure clarity and proper revenue collection. The Act specifically governs fees for documents filed in the High Court, including those in its extraordinary jurisdiction, and provides procedures for resolving disputes over the amount of fees owed. It applies to all legal proceedings and matters within Goa, excluding those handled by Central Government officers.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1Short title, extent, commencement and
  2. 2Definitions.

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 3Levy of fees in High Court.
  2. 4Fees on documents filed, etc. in High
  3. 5Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of fee

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 6Fees on documents filed, etc., in Courts
  2. 7Computation of fees payable in certain suits
  3. 8Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation
  4. 9Power to ascertain net profits or market- value
  5. 10Procedure where net profits or market- value wrongly estimated
  6. 11Procedure in suits for mesne profits or
  7. 12Decision of questions as to valuation.
  8. 13Refund in cases of remand.
  9. 14Refund of fee on application for review of judgment
  10. 15Refund where Court reverses or modifies its former decision on ground of mistake
  11. 16Refund of Fee.
  12. 17Refund in cases of delay in presentation
  13. 18Refund on settlement before hearing.
  14. 19Refund of fee paid by mistake or inadvertence
  15. 20Procedure for obtaining refund.
  16. 21Multifarious suits.
  17. 22Written examinations of complainants.
  18. 23Exemption of certain documents.

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 24Relief where too high a court-fee has been
  2. 25Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
  3. 26Relief in case of several grants.
  4. 27Probates declared valid as to trust-
  5. 28Provision for case where too low a court-
  6. 29Administrator to give proper security
  7. 30Executors, etc., not paying full court-fee
  8. 31Notice of applications for probate or
  9. 32Payment of court fees in respect of probates and letters of administration
  10. 33Recovery of penalties, etc.
  11. 34Sections 6 and 44 not to apply to probates or letters of administration

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 35Rules as to cost of processes.
  2. 36Confirmation and publication of rules.
  3. 37Tables of process fees.
  4. 38Number of peons in district and subordinate Courts
  5. 39Number of peons in Revenue Courts.

Chapter VI Chapter VI →

  1. 40Rate of fee in force on date of presentation
  2. 41Collection of fees by stamps or
  3. 42Act shall be collected by stamps or e-payment.
  4. 43Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps
  5. 44Official Gazette, and shall thereupon have the force of law.
  6. 45Amended document.
  7. 46Cancellation of stamp.

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 47Repayment of fee in certain
  2. 48Admission in criminal cases of
  3. 49Sale of stamps.
  4. 50Power to reduce or remit fees.
  5. 51Schedules hereto and may in like manner cancel or vary such order.
  6. 52Saving as to stamp duties.
  7. 53Power to make Rules.
  8. 54Repeal and savings.

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