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......................................................................................................................... Contents The Court - Fees Act, 1870 Chapter I - Preliminary 1. Short title 1A. Definition of "Appropriate Government" 2. "Chief Controlling Revenue - authority" defined [Repealed] Chapter II - Fees in the High Courts and in the Courts of Small Causes at the Presidency-Towns 3. Levy of fees in High Courts on their original sides 4. Fees on documents filed, etc., in High Courts in their Extraordinary Jurisdiction 5. Procedure in case of difference as to necessity or amount of fee Chapter III - Fees in other Courts and in Public Offices 6. Fees on documents field, etc., in Mofussil Courts or in public offices 7. Computation of fees payable in certain suits 8. Fee on memorandum of appeal against order relating to compensation 9. Power to ascertain net profits or market-value 10. Procedure where net profit or market value wrongly estimated 11. Procedure in suits for mesne profits or account when amount decreed exceeds amount claimed 12. Decision of questions as to valuation 13. Refund of fee paid on memorandum of appeal 14. Refund of fee on application for review of judgment 15. Refund where Court reverse or modifies its former decision on ground of mistake 16. Refund of fee 17. Multifarious suits 18. Written examinations of complainants 19. Exemption of certain documents Chapter IIIA - Probates, Letters of Administration and Certificates of Administration 19A. Relief where too high a Court-fee has been paid 19B. Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate 19C. Relief in case of several grants 19D. Probates declared valid as to trust-property though not covered by Court-fee 19E. Provision for case where too low a Court-fee has been paid on probates, etc. 19F. Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section 19E 19G. Executors, etc. not paying full Court-fee on probates, etc. within six months after discovery of under-payment 19H. Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenue- authorities; and procedure thereon 19I. Payment of Court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administration 19J. Recovery of penalties,etc. 19K. Section 6 and 28 not to apply to probates or letter of administration Chapter IV - Process Fees 20. Rules as to costs of processes 21. Tables of process fees 22. Number of peons in District and subordinate Courts 23. Number of peons in Revenue Courts 24. Process served under this Chapter to be held to be process within meaning of Code of Civil Procedure [Repealed] Chapter V - Of the Mode of Levying Fees 25. Collection of fees by stamps 26. Stamps to be impressed or adhesive 27. Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps 28. Stamping documents inadvertently received 29. Amended document 30. Cancellation of stamp Chapter VI - Miscellaneous 31. Repayment of fees paid on application to Criminal Courts [Repealed] 32. Amendments of Act 8 of 1859 and Act 9 of 1869 [Repealed] 33. Admission in criminal cases of documents for which proper fee has not been paid 34. Sale of Stamps 35. Power to reduce or remit fees 36. Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts Schedule I - III Annexure A - B .........................................................................................................................