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PART II · CHAPTER III SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Section 25: Provisions regarding petition writers

The Himachal Pradesh Courts Act, 1976

How current this text is

Text as published by the Law Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh, with amendments up to H.P. Act No. 19 of 2022.

The High Court may from time to time make rules consistent with this Act any other enactment for the time being in force:-

(a) declaring what persons shall be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Courts subordinate thereto;

(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale of fees to be charged by them; and

(c) determining the authority by which breaches of such rules shall be investigated and the penalties which may be imposed.