State Act: Gujarat
The Gujarat Court-fees Act, 2004
Act Gujarat Act No. 04 of 2004 · 51 sections
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Gujarat (Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Department print, as modified up to 31 January 2024), with amendments up to Guj. 14 of 2016.
The marginal notes printed beside the clauses of section 6 and beside the second paragraph of section 34 are shown as small headings above the clause they label.
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Title, date and preamble
[6th March, 2004.]
AN ACT
to consolidate and amend the law relating to fees in the courts and public offices and fees taken in respect of certain matters in the State of Gujarat, other than fees falling under entries 77 and 96 of List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
Contents
CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER II COMPUTATION OF FEES
- 3.Levy of fees in High Court on its original side
- 4.Fees on documents field, etc. in courts or in public offices
- 5.Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of fee
- 6.Computation of fees payable in certain suits
- 7.Fee on memorandum of appeal against order of award relating to compensation in certain cases
- 8.Inquiry to valuation of suits
- 9.Investigation to ascertain proper valuation
- 10.Power of persons making inquiry under sections 8 and 9
- 11.Costs of inquiry as to valuation and refund of excess fee
- 12.Appointment of inspecting officers and recovery in cases reported by them
- 13.Taxing of Court-fees and their recovery in suits for mense profits or amount
- 14.Decision of questions as to valuation
- 15.Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal
- 16.Refund of fee on application or review of judgement
- 17.Refund where Court reverses or modifies its former decision on ground of mislake
- 18.Multifarious suits
- 19.Written examinations of complaints
- 20.Exemption of certain documents
CHAPTER III PROBATES, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND CERTIFICATES OF ADMINISTRATION
- 21.Relief where too high a court-fees has been paid
- 22.Relief when debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
- 23.Relief in case of several grants
- 24.Probates declared valid as to trust property though not covered by court-fees
- 25.Provisions for case where too low court-fee has been paid on probates, etc
- 26.Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section 25
- 27.Executors, etc. not paying full court-fee on probates, etc. within six months after discovery of under payment
- 28.Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenue authorities, and procedure thereon
- 29.Payment of court-fee in respect of probate and letters of administration
- 30.Recovery of penalties etc
- 31.Sections 4 and 40 not to apply to probates or letters of administration
CHAPTER IV PROCESS FEES
CHAPTER V MODE OF LEVYING FEES
CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS
- 43.Repayment of fee in certain circumstances
- 44.Admission in criminal cases of documents for which proper fee has not been paid
- 45.Sale of stamps
- 46.Power to reduce or remit fees
- 47.Saving of fees to certain officers of High Court
- 48.Saving as so stamp duties
- 49.Repeal and savings
- 50.Amendment of Suits Valuation Act, 1887
- 51.Rules made by Government to be said before State Legislature
Schedules and appendices
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