Delhi Court Fee Amendment ACT, 2012
No: 11 Dated: Jul, 23 2012
Delhi Court Fee Amendment ACT, 2012
Delhi Act 11 of 2012
An Act further to amend the Court-Fees Act, 1870 in its application to the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
(3) It shall come into force on such [date] as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
2. Amendment of section 26.-In the Court Fees Act, 1870 as in force in the National Capital Territory of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act", section 26 shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:
"(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), and section 25, "stamp" means any mark, seal or endorsement by any agency or person duly authorised by the Appropriate Government, and includes an adhesive or impressed stamp, for the purposes of court fee chargeable under this Act.
Explanation.-"impressed stamp" includes impression by a franking machine or ant other machine, or a unique number generated by e-stamping or similar software, as the Appropriate Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify
3. Substitution of new Schedules for the Schedule I and the Schedule II.-In the principal Act, for the Schedule I and the Schedule II, the following Schedules shall respectively be substituted, namely: