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CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Section 2: “Chief Controlling Revenue-authority” defined

The Court-fees Act, 1870

1[“Chief Controlling Revenue-authority” defined.] Rep. by the A. O. 1937.

State Amendment (as printed in the official text)

Orissa

Amendment of section 2 of Act (7 of 1870).—For section 2 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, hereinafter called the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted:—

“2. Definition.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—

(1) ‘appeal’ includes a cross objection;

(2) ‘suit’ includes an appeal from a decree except in section 8-A.” [Vide Orissa Act 5 of 1939, s. 3]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The Original s. 2 relating to repeal of enactments was rep. by the Repealing Act, 1870 (14 of 1870). A section defining “Chief Controlling Revenue-authority” was added by s. 2 of the Court-fees (Amendment) Act, 1901 (10 of 1901), and was slightly amended by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1917 (24 of 1917). For the definition of the “Chief Controlling Revenue-authority” see now the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (10). The A.O. 1937 rep. s. 2 as in force elsewhere than in Bengal. In that Province the section subs. by the Court -fees (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1935 (Ben. 7 of 1935), s. 3 contains definitions of “appeal”, “Chief Controlling Revenue-authority”, “Collector” and “Suit”.

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