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CHAPTER II COMPUTATION OF FEES

Section 13: Taxing of Court-fees and their recovery in suits for mense profits or amount

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) In a suit or proceeding the difference, if any, between the fee actually paid and the fee which would have been payable, on delivery of judgment, be taxed by the court and shall be leviable from the plaintiff and if not paid by him within thirty days from the date of the judgment be recoverable according to the law and under the rules for the time being in force for the recovery of an arrears of land revenue.

(2) The Court shall send a copy of the decree or order or award passed in such suit to the Collector.

(3) No decree passed in any suit by the Court shall be executed, until a certificate to the effect that such difference is paid or recovered, signed by the Court which passed the decree or by the Collector who recovered the amount, is produced along with the application for such execution.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, "Plaintiff" includes any party to a suit to whom any profits or amount are or is found to be due.

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