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The Puducherry Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1972

The Puducherry Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1972

Civil197269 sections7 chapters

This law sets the rules for how much money people must pay to file documents in courts and public offices within the Union territory of Puducherry. It ensures that no legal action or document can be processed unless the required court fee is paid, though there are exceptions for preventing injustice or accidental errors. The Act also provides specific guidelines for calculating these fees, particularly in complex cases involving multiple claims or different types of relief, ensuring the government collects the correct amount based on the value of the property or dispute involved.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Application of Act
  3. 3Definitions

Chapter II LIABILITY TO PAY FEE →

  1. 4Levy of fee in Courts and Public offices
  2. 5Fees on documents inadvertently received
  3. 6Multifarious suits
  4. 7Determination of market value
  5. 8Set off or counter-claim
  6. 9Documents falling under two or more descriptions

Chapter III DETERMINATION OF FEE →

  1. 10Statement of particulars of subject-matter of suit and plaintiff’s valuation thereof
  2. 11Decision as to proper fee in other Courts
  3. 12Additional fee on issues framed
  4. 13Relinquishment of portion of claim
  5. 14Fee payable on written statements
  6. 15Fee payable on appeals, etc.
  7. 16Fee payable on petitions, applications, etc.
  8. 17Court-fee Examiners
  9. 18Inquiry and commission
  10. 19Notice to the Government

Chapter IV COMPUTATION OF FEE →

  1. 20Fee how reckoned
  2. 21Fees to be computed to the nearest multiple of five paise
  3. 22Suits for money
  4. 23Suits for maintenance and annuities
  5. 24Suits for movable property
  6. 25Suits for declaration
  7. 26Adoption suits
  8. 27Suits for injunction
  9. 28Suits relating to trust property
  10. 29Suits for possession under the Specific Relief Act, 1963
  11. 30Suits for possession not otherwise provided for
  12. 31Suits relating to easements
  13. 32Pre-emption suits
  14. 35Suits for accounts
  15. 36Suits for dissolution of partnership
  16. 37Partition suits
  17. 38Suits for Joint Possession
  18. 39Administration suits
  19. 40Suits for cancellation of degrees, etc
  20. 41Suits to set aside attachment
  21. 42Suits for specific performance
  22. 43Suits between landlord and tenant
  23. 44Suits for mesne profits
  24. 45Suits under the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967
  25. 46Suits to alter or cancel entry in a register
  26. 47Suits relating to public matters
  27. 48Inter pleader suits
  28. 49Third party proceedings
  29. 50Suits not otherwise provided for
  30. 51Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation
  31. 52Appeals

Chapter V VALUATION OF SUITS →

  1. 53Suits not otherwise provided for
  2. 54Procedure where objection is taken on appeal or revision that a suit or appeal was not properly valued for jurisdictional purposes

Chapter VI REFUNDS AND REMISSIONS →

  1. 55Refund in cases of delay in presentation of plaint, etc.
  2. 56Refund in cases of remand
  3. 57Refund where Court reverses or modifies former decision on ground of mistake
  4. 58Refund and settlement before hearing
  5. 59Refund of fee paid by mistake or inadvertence
  6. 60Instruments of partition
  7. 61Exemption of certain documents
  8. 62Power to reduce or remit fees

Chapter VII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 63Collection of fees by stamps or e-stamps
  2. 64Stamps to be impressed or adhesive or e-stamps
  3. 65Amended document
  4. 67Deduction to be made
  5. 68Penalty
  6. 70Power to make rules
  7. 71Continuance in force of existing rules
  8. 72Repeal and saving

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