The Court Fees (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1958

This Act may be called the Court Fees (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1958.

In the Court Fees Act, 1870--

1. (i) in Schedules I and II for the words "Two annas" "Five annas" "Five annas and four pies" or "Five annas and pies four", "Eight annas", "Ten annas" and "Ten annas and eight pies", wherever they occur whether in conjunction with any other words or otherwise, the words "Ten Naye Paise", "Thirty Naye Paise", "Thirty-five Naye Paise", "Fifty Naye Paise", "Sixty Naye Paise" and "Sixty-five Naye Paise" shall be substituted respectively;
2. (ii) in Schedule I in the Table of rates of advalorem fees leviable on the institution of suits under Article I-A, in column (3)--

1. (a) for the letters "a. p.", the letters "N.P." shall be substituted; and
2. (b) for the figures "8-0", "5-0" and "10-0", the figures "50", "30" and "60" shall be substituted respectively; and
   • (iii) in Schedule III for the letters "a-p." with separate columns the letters "N. P." with a single column shall be substituted.

The stamps denoting the fees chargeable under this Act in old denominations shall continue to be valid for a period of six months from the date of the commencement of the Court Fees (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1958 (15 of 1958) to the same extent to which they would have been valid if the said Act had not been passed.

In section 27 of the principal Act, clause

1. (a) shall be renumbered as clause
2. (aa) and before clause
3. (aa) as so renumbered, the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(a) the manner of electronic transfer of payment of court-fee and refund thereof;”.

In section 30 of the principal Act, in second paragraph, for full stop, colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:—

“ Provided that, where court-fee is paid by electronic transfer of payment, the officer competent to cancel stamp shall verify the genuineness of the payment and after satisfying himself that the court-fee is paid, shall lock the entry in the computer and make an endorsement under his signature on the document that the court-fee is paid and the entry is locked.”.