CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application

The Gujarat Court-fees Act, 2004

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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.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Court-fees Act, 2004.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

(4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to fees or stamps relating to documents presented or to be presented before any officer serving under the Central Government.

(5) In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing in this Act shall affect any special law now in force relating to fees taken in the courts and public offices.

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1. Section 1(4) of the Gujarat Court-fees Act, 2004 declares that the provisions of the Act shall not apply to fees or stamps relating to documents presented or to be presented before:

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