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The Court-Fees Act, 1977

The Court-Fees Act, 1977

Civil197760 of 64 sections available3 chapters

This Act sets the court fees payable on documents filed in courts and public offices in Jammu and Kashmir. It covers fees on documents filed in the High Court and in lower courts, how fees are calculated in different kinds of suits, and how disputes about valuation are decided.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title and extent
  2. 2Chief Controlling Revenue Authority
  3. 3Collector

Chapter II FEES IN THE HIGH COURT →

  1. 4Fees on documents filed in High Court
  2. 5Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of court-fee

Chapter III FEES IN OTHER COURTS AND IN PUBLIC OFFICES →

  1. 6Fees on documents filed etc. in Mufassil Courts or in public offices
  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. 11If the additional fee is not paid within such time as the Court shall fix, the suit shall be dismissed.
  7. 12Decision of questions as to valuation
  8. 13Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal
  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. 17Omitted Omitted.
  12. 18Nothing in the former part of this section shall be deemed to affect the power conferred by the Code of Civil Procedure, Order II, Rule 6.
  13. 19Exemption of certain documents
  14. 19ARelief where too high a court-fee has been paid
  15. 19BRelief where debt due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
  16. 19CRelief in case of several grants
  17. CRelief in case of several grants.

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