Assam Act No. 3 of 1958
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[Dated 1st April, 1958]
Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 28th March, 1958.
[Received the assent of the Governor on the 26th March, 1958]
An Act further to amend the Court-Fees Act, 1870 (Act 7 of 1870) in its application to Assam.
Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Court-Fees Act, 1870 (Act 7 of 1870) hereinafter called the Principal Act, in its application to Assam, in the manner hereinafter appearing:
It is hereby enacted in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
- Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam.
(3) It shall come into force with effect from the 1st April, 1958.
- Amendment of Schedule I, Article 1.
Assam: Nagaland
For Article 1 the following Article was substituted, viz;
| Number | Proper fee | ||
| "1. | Plaint, written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim or memorandum of appeal (not otherwise provided for in this Act) or, of cross-objection presented to any Civil or Revenue Court except those mentioned in Section 3 | When the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees, or part thereof, of such amount or value, | Fifty naye paise. |
| and | |||
| When such amount or value exceeds one hundred rupees, for every ten rupees or part thereof in excess of one hundred rupees, up to one hundred and fifty rupees, | One rupee and seventy-five naye paise. | ||
| and | |||
| When such amount or values exceeds one hundred and fifty rupees, for every ten rupees, or part thereof, up to one thousand rupees, | One rupee and twenty naye paise. | ||
| and | |||
| When such amount or value exceeds seven thousand five hundred rupees, for every two hundred and fifty rupees, or part thereof, in excess of seven thousand five hundred rupees, up to ten thousand rupees. | Fifteen rupees. | ||
| and | |||
| When such amount or value exceeds ten thousand rupees, for every five hundred rupees, or part thereof, in excess of ten thousand rupees, up to twenty thousand rupees, | Twenty-two rupees and fifty naye paise. | ||
| and | |||
| When such amount or value exceeds twenty thousand rupees, for every one thousand rupees, or part thereof, in excess of twenty thousand rupees, up to fifty thousand rupees, | Thirty rupees. | ||
| and | |||
| When such amount or value exceeds fifty thousand rupees, for every five thousand rupees, or part thereof, in excess of fifty thousand rupees: | Thirty-seven rupees and fifty naye paise: | ||
| and | |||
| Provided that the maximum fee leviable on a plaint or memorandum of appeal shall not exceed ten thousand rupees." |
- Amendment of Schedule I, Article 6.- In the third column in Article 6 of Schedule I or the words "eight annas" opposite Clause (a) in the second column, the words "fifty naye paise" shall be substituted.
- Amendment of table of rates of ad valorem fees.- For the table of rates ofad valoremfees leviable on the institution of suits, at the end of Schedule 1 to the principal Act, the table set forth in the Schedule to this Act shall be substituted:
The Schedule
Table of rates of ad valorem fees leviable on the institution of suits
[See Section 4 of the Assam Court-Fees (Amendment) Act, 1958]
| When the amount or value of the subject-matter exceeds | But does not exceed | Proper fee |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Rs. | Rs. | Rs. Np. |
| ... | 5 | 0.50 |
| 5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| 19 | 15 | 1.50 |
| 15 | 20 | 2.00 |
| 20 | 25 | 2.50 |
| 25 | 30 | 3.00 |
| 30 | 35 | 3.50 |
| 35 | 40 | 4.00 |
| 40 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 45 | 50 | 5.00 |
| 50 | 55 | 5.50 |
| 55 | 60 | 6.00 |
| 60 | 65 | 6.50 |
| 65 | 70 | 7.00 |
| 70 | 75 | 7.50 |
| 75 | 80 | 8.00 |
| 80 | 85 | 8.50 |
| 85 | 90 | 9.00 |
| 90 | 95 | 9.50 |
| 95 | 100 | 10.00 |
| 100 | 110 | 11.75 |
| 110 | 120 | 13.50 |
| 120 | 130 | 15.25 |
| 130 | 140 | 17,50 |
| 140 | 150 | 18.75 |
| 150 | 160 | 19.95 |
| 160 | 170 | 21.15 |
| 170 | 180 | 22.35 |
| 180 | 190 | 23.55 |
| 190 | 200 | 24.25 |
| 200 | 210 | 25.95 |
| 210 | 220 | 27.15 |
| 220 | 230 | 28.35 |
| 230 | 240 | 29.55 |
| 240 | 250 | 30.75 |
| 250 | 260 | 31.95 |
| 260 | 270 | 33.15 |
| 270 | 280 | 34.35 |
| 280 | 290 | 35.55 |
| 290 | 300 | 36.75 |
| 300 | 310 | 37.95 |
| 310 | 320 | 39.15 |
| 320 | 330 | 40.35 |
| 330 | 340 | 41.55 |
| 340 | 350 | 42.75 |
| 350 | 360 | 43.95 |
| 360 | 370 | 45.15 |
| 370 | 380 | 46.35 |
| 380 | 390 | 47.55 |
| 390 | 400 | 48.75 |
| 400 | 410 | 49.95 |
| 410 | 420 | 51.15 |
| 420 | 430 | 52.35 |
| 430 | 440 | 53.55 |
| 440 | 450 | 54.75 |
| 450 | 460 | 55.95 |
| 460 | 470 | 57.15 |
| 470 | 480 | 58.35 |
| 480 | 490 | 59.55 |
| 490 | 500 | 60.75 |
| 500 | 510 | 61.95 |
| 510 | 520 | 63.15 |
| 520 | 530 | 64.35 |
| 530 | 540 | 65.55 |
| 540 | 550 | 66.75 |
| 550 | 560 | 67.90 |
| 560 | 570 | 69.15 |
| 570 | 580 | 70.35 |
| 580 | 590 | 71.55 |
| 590 | 600 | 72.75 |
| 600 | 610 | 73.95 |
| 610 | 620 | 75.15 |
| 620 | 630 | 76.35 |
| 630 | 640 | 77.55 |
| 640 | 650 | 78.75 |
| 650 | 660 | 79.95 |
| 660 | 670 | 81.15 |
| 670 | 680 | 82.35 |
| 680 | 690 | 83.55 |
| 690 | 700 | 84.75 |
| 700 | 710 | 85.95 |
| 710 | 720 | 87.15 |
| 720 | 730 | 88.35 |
| 730 | 740 | 89.55 |
| 740 | 750 | 90.75 |
| 750 | 760 | 91.95 |
| 760 | 770 | 93.15 |
| 770 | 780 | 94.35 |
| 780 | 790 | 95.55 |
| 790 | 800 | 96.75 |
| 800 | 810 | 97.95 |
| 810 | 820 | 99.15 |
| 820 | 830 | 100.35 |
| 830 | 840 | 101.55 |
| 840 | 850 | 102.75 |
| 850 | 860 | 103.95 |
| 860 | 870 | 105.15 |
| 870 | 880 | 106.35 |
| 880 | 890 | 107.55 |
| 890 | 900 | 108.75 |
| 900 | 910 | 109.95 |
| 910 | 920 | 111.15 |
| 920 | 930 | 112.35 |
| 930 | 940 | 113.55 |
| 940 | 950 | 114.75 |
| 950 | 960 | 115.95 |
| 960 | 970 | 117.15 |
| 970 | 980 | 118.35 |
| 980 | 990 | 119.55 |
| 990 | 1.000 | 120.75 |
| 1.000 | 1,100 | 128.25 |
| 1,100 | 1,200 | 135.75 |
| 1,200 | 1,300 | 143.25 |
| 1,300 | 1,400 | 150.75 |
| 1,400 | 1,500 | 158.25 |
| 1,500 | 1,600 | 165.75 |
| 1,600 | 1,700 | 173.25 |
| 1,700 | 1,800 | 180.75 |
| 1,800 | 1,900 | 188.25 |
| 1,900 | 2,000 | 190.75 |
| 2,000 | 2,100 | 203.25 |
| 2,100 | 2,200 | 210.75 |
| 2,200 | 2,300 | 218.25 |
| 2,300 | 2,400 | 225.75 |
| 2,400 | 2,500 | 233.25 |
| 2,500 | 2,600 | 240.75 |
| 2,600 | 2,700 | 248.25 |
| 2,700 | 2,800 | 255.75 |
| 2,800 | 2,900 | 263.25 |
| 2,900 | 3,000 | 270.75 |
| 3,000 | 3,100 | 278.25 |
| 3,100 | 3,200 | 285.75 |
| 3,200 | 3,300 | 293.25 |
| 3,300 | 3.400 | 300.75 |
| 3,400 | 3,500 | 308.25 |
| 3.500 | 3,600 | 315.75 |
| 3,600 | 3,700 | 323.25 |
| 3,700 | 3,800 | 330.75 |
| 3,800 | 3,900 | 338.25 |
| 3,900 | 4,000 | 345.75 |
| 4,000 | 4,100 | 353.25 |
| 4,100 | 4,200 | 360.75 |
| 4,200 | 4,300 | 368.75 |
| 4,300 | 4,400 | 375.75 |
| 4,400 | 4,500 | 383.25 |
| 4,500 | 4,600 | 390.75 |
| 4,600 | 4,700 | 398.25 |
| 4,700 | 4,800 | 405.75 |
| 4,800 | 4,900 | 413.25 |
| 4,900 | 5,000 | 420.75 |
| 5,000 | 5,100 | 428.25 |
| 5,100 | 5,200 | 435.75 |
| 5,200 | 5,300 | 443.25 |
| 5,300 | 5,400 | 450.75 |
| 5,400 | 5,500 | 458.25 |
| 5,500 | 5,600 | 465.75 |
| 5,600 | 5,700 | 473.25 |
| 5,700 | 5,800 | 480.75 |
| 5,800 | 5,900 | 488.25 |
| 5,900 | 6,000 | 495.75 |
| 6,000 | 6,100 | 503.25 |
| 6,100 | 6,200 | 510.75 |
| 6,200 | 6,300 | 518.25 |
| 6,300 | 6,400 | 525.75 |
| 6,400 | 6,500 | 533.25 |
| 6,500 | 6,600 | 540.75 |
| 6,600 | 6,700 | 548.25 |
| 6,700 | 6,800 | 555.75 |
| 6,800 | 6,900 | 563.25 |
| 6,900 | 7,000 | 570.75 |
| 7,000 | 7,100 | 578.25 |
| 7,100 | 7,200 | 585.25 |
| 7,200 | 7,300 | 593.25 |
| 7,300 | 7,400 | 600.75 |
| 7,400 | 7,500 | 608.25 |
| 7,500 | 7,750 | 623.25 |
| 7,750 | 8,000 | 638.25 |
| 8,000 | 8,250 | 653.25 |
| 8,250 | 8,500 | 668.25 |
| 8,500 | 8,750 | 683.25 |
| 8,750 | 9,000 | 698.25 |
| 9,000 | 9,250 | 713.25 |
| 9,250 | 9,500 | 728.25 |
| 9,500 | 9,750 | 743.25 |
| 9,750 | 10,000 | 758.25 |
| 10,000 | 10,500 | 780.75 |
| 10,500 | 11,000 | 803.25 |
| 11,000 | 11,500 | 825.75 |
| 11.500 | 12,000 | 848.25 |
| 12,000 | 12,500 | 870.75 |
| 12,500 | 13,000 | 893.25 |
| 13,000 | 13,500 | 915.75 |
| 13,500 | 14,000 | 938.25 |
| 14,000 | 14,500 | 960.75 |
| 14,500 | 15,000 | 983.25 |
| 15,000 | 15,500 | 1,005.75 |
| 15,500 | 16,000 | 1,028.25 |
| 16,000 | 16,500 | 1,050.75 |
| 16,500 | 17,000 | 1,073.25 |
| 17,000 | 17,500 | 1,095.75 |
| 17,500 | 18,000 | 1,118.25 |
| 18,000 | 18,500 | 1,140.75 |
| 18,500 | 19,000 | 1,163.25 |
| 19,000 | 19,500 | 1,185.75 |
| 19,500 | 20,000 | 1,208.25 |
| 20,000 | 21,000 | 1,238.25 |
| 21,000 | 22,000 | 1,268.25 |
| 22,000 | 23,000 | 1,298.25 |
| 23,000 | 24,000 | 1,328.25 |
| 24,000 | 25,000 | 1,358.25 |
| 25.000 | 26,000 | 1,388.25 |
| 26,000 | 27,000 | 1,418.25 |
| 27,000 | 28,000 | 1,448.25 |
| 28,000 | 29,000 | 1,487.25 |
| 29.000 | 30,000 | 1,508.25 |
| 30,000 | 31,000 | 1,538.25 |
| 31,000 | 32,000 | 1,568.25 |
| 32,000 | 33,000 | 1,598.25 |
| 33,000 | 34,000 | 1,628.25 |
| 34,000 | 35,000 | 1,658.25 |
| 35,000 | 36,000 | 1,688.25 |
| 36,000 | 37,000 | 1,718.25 |
| 37.000 | 38,000 | 1,748.25 |
| 38,000 | 39,000 | 1,778.25 |
| 39,000 | 40,000 | 1,808.25 |
| 40,000 | 41,000 | 1,838.25 |
| 41,000 | 42,000 | 1,868.25 |
| 42,000 | 43,000 | 1,898.25 |
| 43,000 | 44,000 | 1,928.25 |
| 44,000 | 45,000 | 1,958.25 |
| 45,000 | 46,000 | 1,988.25 |
| 46,000 | 47,000 | 2,018.25 |
| 47,000 | 48,000 | 2,048.25 |
| 48,000 | 49,000 | 2,078.25 |
| 49,000 | 50,000 | 2,108.25 |
| 50,000 | 55,000 | 2,145.75 |
| 55,000 | 60,000 | 2,183.25 |
| 60,000 | 65,000 | 2,220.75 |
| 65,000 | 70,000 | 2,258.25 |
| 70,000 | 75,000 | 2,295.75 |
| 75,000 | 80,000 | 2.333.25 |
| 80,000 | 85,000 | 2,370.75 |
| 85,000 | 90,000 | 2,408.25 |
| 90,000 | 95,000 | 2,445.75 |
| 95,000 | 1,00,000 | 2,483.25 |
| 1,00,000 | 1,05,000 | 2,520.75 |
| 1,05,000 | 1,10,000 | 2,558.25 |
| 1,10,000 | 1,15,000 | 2,595.75 |
| 1,15,000 | 1,20,000 | 2,633.25 |
| 1,20,000 | 1,25,000 | 2,670.75 |
| 1,25,000 | 1,30,000 | 2,780.25 |
| 1,30,000 | 1,35,000 | 2,745.75 |
| 1,35,000 | 1,40,000 | 2,783.25 |
| 1,40,000 | 1,45,000 | 2,820.75 |
| 1,45,000 | 1,50,000 | 2,858.25 |
| 1,50,000 | 1,55,000 | 2,895.75 |
| 1,55,000 | 1,60,000 | 2,933.25 |
| 1,60,000 | 1,65,000 | 2,970.75 |
| 1,65,000 | 1,70,000 | 3,008.25 |
| 1,70,000 | 1,75,000 | 3,045.75 |
| 1,75,000 | 1,80,000 | 3,083.25 |
| 1,80,000 | 1,85,000 | 3,120.75 |
| 1,85,000 | 1,90,000 | 3,158.25 |
| 1,90,000 | 1,95,000 | 3,195.75 |
| 1,95,000 | 2,00,000 | 3,233.25 |
| 2,00,000 | 2,05,000 | 3,270.75 |
and the fee increases at the rate of thirty-seven rupees fifty naye paise for every five thousand rupees or part thereof, up to a maximum fee of ten thousand rupees, for example-
| When the amount or value of the subject-matter exceeds | But does not exceed | Proper fee |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Rs. | Rs. | Rs. |
| 3,00,000 | 3,983.25 | |
| 4,00,000 | 4,733.25 | |
| 5,00,000 | 5,483.25 | |
| 6,00,000 | 6,233.25 | |
| 7,00,000 | 6,983.25 | |
| 8,00,000 | 7,733.25 | |
| 9,00,000 | 8,483.25 | |
| 10,00,000 | 9,233.25 | |
| 11,00,000 | 9,283.25 | |
| 11,05,000 | 10,020.75 |
- Amendment of Schedule II, Article I.- (1) In the third column in Article 1 of Schedule II of the Principal Act, for the words "four annas" opposite Clause (a) the words "twenty-five naye paise" shall be substituted.
(2) In the third column in Article I of Schedule II of the Principal Act, for the words "twelve annas" opposite Clause (a) the words "twenty-five naye paise" shall be substituted.
