Adapted for "Mysore" by Adaptations of Laws Order 1973.

Levy of fee in courts and public offices No document which is chargeable with fee under this Act shall:

1. (i) be filed, exhibited or recorded in, or be acted on or furnished by, any court including the High Court, or
2. (ii) be filed, exhibited or recorded in any public office, or be acted on or furnished by any public officer, unless in respect of such document there be paid a fee of an amount not less than that indicated as chargeable under this Act: Provided that, whenever the filing or exhibition in a criminal court of a document in respect of which the proper fee has not been paid is in the opinion of the court necessary to prevent a failure of justice, nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit such filing or exhibition: 1 [ Provided further that no fee shall be payable in respect of any document filed, exhibited or recorded by or on behalf of the State Government or any officer of the State Government in his official capacity, or acted on at the instance of or furnished to the State Government or any officer of the State Government in his official capacity.] ______________________ 1. Second proviso Added by Act 10 of 1964, w.e.f. 5-3-1964.