The Himachal Pradesh Copying Fees Act, 1969

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH COPYING FEES ACT, 1969

(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Copying Fees Act, 1969. (2) It extends to the whole of Himachal Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act "record" includes any portion of a record and any document, plan, map or other paper attached thereto or forming part of the record of any suit or appeal, enquiry or trial or other proceeding in any court or office.

When any copy of any record has been made at the request of any applicant or his agent and such applicant or his agent has refused to accept delivery of the same or when any copy has been supplied to any such applicant or his agent, and the fee or any portion of the fee leviable for the supply of such copy remains unpaid, the said fee or portion thereof may be recovered from the applicant as if it were an arrear of land revenue: Provided that a pleader presenting such an application on behalf of a client will not be held personally responsible where the application bears the signature or thumb-impression of such client.

The Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936 (5 of 1936) as applied to Himachal Pradesh by the Himachal Pradesh (Application of Laws) Order, 1948 and as applied to Bilaspur by the Bilaspur (Application of Laws) Order, 1949 and the Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936 in its application to the territories added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) are hereby repealed: Provided that anything done or any action taken in exercise of the powers conferred by or under the provisions of the Act so repealed shall to the extent of its being consistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to have been done or taken in exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act, as if this Act was in force on the day on which such thing was done or action taken.