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COURT-FEES (MADHYA PRADESH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

COURT-FEES (MADHYA PRADESH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

THE COURT-FEES (MADHYA PRADESH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

[Act No. 03 of 1964]

[04th March, 1964]

PREAMBLE

An Act further to amend the Court-Fees Act, 1870, in its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Be it enacted, by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:--

Section 1 - Short title and commencement

(1)     This Act may be called the Court-Fees (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1964.

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

Section 2 - Amendment of Schedule II

In Schedule II to the Court-Fees Act, 1870 (VII of 1870),--

(1)     in Article 1, in clause (e),--

(i)       in the second column, in sub-clause (i)--

(a)      after paragraph (c), the following paragraphs shall be inserted, namely:--

"(c-i) under section 64 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 (34 of 1953);

(c-ii) under section 27 of the Wealth-Tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957);

(c-iii) under section 26 of the Gift-Tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958);"; and

(b)      for paragraphs (d) and (e), the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely:--

"(d) under section 256 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);

(e)   under section 44 of the Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1958 (2 of 1959);";

(ii)      for sub-clause (iv), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:--

"(iv)

under section 64 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 (34 of 1953);

Fifty rupees.

(iv-a)

under section 27 of the Wealth-Tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957);

Fifty rupees.

(iv-b)

under section 26 of the Gift-Tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958);

Fifty rupees.

(iv-c)

under section 256 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);";

Fifty rupees.

(iii)     in the second column, for sub-clause (v) the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:--

"(v) under section 44 of the Madhya Pradesh General Sales-Tax Act, 1958 (2 of 1959);";

(2)     in Article 18, in the first column for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--

"(c) For winding up of a Company under section 439 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)."; and

(3)     for Article 20, the following Articles shall be substituted, namely:--

"20

Every petition under the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (IV of 1869), except petitions under section 44 of the same Act, and every memorandum of appeal under section 55 of the same Act.

Twenty rupees

20-A.

Petitions or memorandum of appeal under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (XLIII of 1954), or the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (XXV of 1955).

Twenty rupees".