Court fees

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1. (1) The provisions of the Court-fees Act, 1870 (No. 7 of 1870) shall apply in respect of applications or appeals to be presented before the Rent Tribunal or Appellate Rent Tribunal or Rent Controlling Authority, as the case may be.
2. (2) The applications for recovery of possession made to the Rent Tribunal and the memorandum of appeals presented before the Appellate Rent Tribunal shall be treated as suits between the landlord and the tenant for the purposes of computation of court fees.
3. (3) The court fees on the application filed before the Rent Controlling Authority shall be same as of an interlocutory application presented in a civil court.