
 State of Odisha - Act
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 The Court-fees (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1983
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 ODISHA
   
 India
 
 The Court-fees (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1983
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 Act 12 of 1983
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* Published on 1 January 1983
* Commenced on 1 January 1983
 The Court-fees (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1983
 
 Orissa Act
 No. 12 of 1983 
 Statement of Objects and Reasons. - For mobilisation of additional resources to fetch additional revenue to the State Exchequer, it is proposed to enhance the rate of Court-fees by 50 per cent on certain miscellaneous petitions and Vakalatnamas filed in lower Courts and other forms by effecting amendments to Schedule II of the Court-fees Act, 1870 in its application to the State of Orissa.
 
 The Bill seeks to active the above object.
 
 Published vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No.580/18.5.1983.
 
 For Statement of Objects and Reasons See Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 282/9.3.1982.
 
 An Act to amend the Court-fees Act, 1870 in its application to the State of Orissa
 
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :
 
### 1. Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Court-fees (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1983.
 
(2) It shall [come into force on such date]
 
 [The Act came into force w.e.f.1.7.1983 vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 677/6-6-1983.]
 
 as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in that behalf.
 
### 2. Amendment of Schedule II.
 - In Schedule II to the Court-fees Act, 1870-
 
(a) in Article 1, the entries occurring under the heading "Proper fee" as mentioned in column (1) of the following Schedule shall respectively be substituted by the entries shown against them in Column (2) thereof :
 
 Schedule
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 Entries occurring under the Heading "Proper
 
 fee"
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 Entries to be substituted
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 (1) | 
 (2) |
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 1.
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 Thirty paise
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 Forty-five paise.
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 2.
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 In case of a criminal complaint and appeal, one rupee and
 
 fifty paise and in other cases eighty paise
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 In case of a criminal complaint and appeal, two rupees and
 
 twenty-five paise and in other cases one rupee and twenty paise.
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 3.
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 One rupee and sixty-five paise
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 Two rupees and fifty paise.
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 (b) in Article 1-A, for the words "one rupee and ten paise" occurring under the heading "Proper fee", the words "one rupee and sixty-five paise" shall be substituted;
 
 (c) in Article 10, for the words "one rupee and fifty paise" and "two rupees and fifty paise" occurring under the heading "Proper fee" appearing against serial (a) and (b), the words "two rupees and twenty-five paise" and "three rupees and seventy-five paise" shall respectively be substituted.
 

