The Assam Court Fees (Amendment) Act, 1932
70 Assam C ourt Fees Amendment) Act **[Assam** Act

# ASSAM ACT III OF 1932

THE ASSAM COURT-FEES (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 1932*

[Published in the _Gazelle of the 27lh April_ 1932]

_An Act to amend the Court-fees Act,_ _1870_

W hereas it is necessary to amend the Court-fees Act VII of

Act, 1870, in its application to Assam in the manner 1870.

hereinafter appearing ;

Short title, *s hereby enacted as follows ;—

extent an I

commence- I. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Court-

ment. fc c s (Amendment) Act, 1932.

(2) It extends to the whole of Assam.

(3) It shall come into force on the 1st May, 1932.

Amendment 2. In section 7 of tlie Court-fees Act, 1870 (herein- 'Y ^ [11 o f]

of section J. alter referred to a : the . rinciy il Act) —

in sub-clause (<r) of clati <• V for the word “ten” the

word “twenty” shall be substituted.

Amendment 3. Foi clause (»H of section 10 of the principal

of section lO.Act, the following clause shall be substituted

namely:—

“ ii. In such ca c—

(«) the suit shall be stayed until the additional

fee is paid and if die additional fee is not
paid withit such time as the Court shall
F-. the suit shall be dismissed; and whether
the addition .1 fee is or is not paid,

_(b) the court may. if it is of opinion_ that the

estimation has been grossly insufficient,
further order that the expenses of the com­
mission, or such portion thereof as the court
may think reasonable, be paid by the
party in fault to the Government, and the
order so made shall have the force and
effect of a decree passed by the court.”

♦ For Stat ment of Objects and Reasons, _see Assam Gazette_

1931, Part V, page 20 ; for Report of Select Committee, see Assam

_Gazelle, 1932, Part V, page 55 ; for Proceedings_ in Council,

_see Assam_ _Gazette, Part VI, 1931, pages 50, 38O-3B5,_ 840-857, and

1932, pages 28-29, 736-741.


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