Chapter II Chapter II

Fees in the High Court

The fees payable for the time being to the clerks and officers (other than the sheriffs and attorneys) of the High Court; or chargeable in that Court under article 10 of Schedule I and articles 9, 12 and 17 of Schedule II hereto, shall be as per the provisions of this Act.

Court in its extraordinary jurisdiction.— No document of any of the kinds specified in schedules hereto, as chargeable with fees, shall be filed, exhibited or recorded in, or shall be received or furnished by the High Court in any case coming before such Court in the exercise of its extraordinary original civil jurisdiction or in the exercise of its extraordinary original criminal jurisdiction or in the exercise of its jurisdiction as regards appeals from the judgments (other than judgments passed in the exercise of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the Court) of one or more Judges of the said Court, or of a Division Court or in the exercise of its jurisdiction as regards appeals from the Courts

reference or revision unless in respect of such document there shall be paid a fee of an amount not less than that indicated by either of the schedules hereto as the proper fee for such document.

(1) When any difference arises between the officer whose duty it is to see that any fee is paid under this Chapter and any suitor, petitioner, appellant, applicant or attorney, as to the necessity of paying a fee or the amount thereof, the question shall, when the difference arises in the High Court, be referred to the taxing- officer, whose decision thereon shall be final, except when the question is, in his opinion, one of general importance, in which case he shall refer it to the final decision of the Chief Justice of such High Court, or of such Judge of the High Court as the Chief Justice shall appoint either generally or specially in this behalf.

1. (2) The Chief Justice of the High Court shall declare who shall be taxing-officer for the purpose of sub-section (1).