Rule 48. Fees and costs under sub-section (3) of Section 50

(1) Fees –

(i) the fee payable on an application in respect of any matter referred to in Section 49 shall be ten rupees;

(ii) the fee payable in respect of any other application except a written statement called for by the Court under these rules shall be five rupees:

Provided that the fee for an application for obtaining a copy or translation of any document on record or statement, order to decree presented to or made before or by the Court, as the case may be, shall be two rupees per page;

(iii) the fee for copies of any document on record, or statement or order or decree shall be such as may, from time to time be determined by the State Government;

(vi) the fee for any authorization for the appearance of any person under section 79 on behalf of any of the parties in a case shall be ten rupees;

(v) the fee for filling certified copies of any document in a Court shall be five rupees;

(vi) all fees referred to in this rule shall be collected by means of Court-fee stamps used in ordinary Courts and no document which ought to bear stamps under these rules shall be of any validity unless and until it is properly stamped:

Provided that where any such document is through mistake or inadvertence received, filed or used in a Court without being properly stamped, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order that such document be stamped as it may direct and on such document being stamped accordingly the same and every proceeding relating thereto shall be as valid as it had been properly stamped in the first instance;

(vii) no document requiring a stamp under this rule shall be acted upon in any proceeding in a Court until the stamp has been cancelled.

(2) Payment of Costs of services of summons, etc.-(i) the cost of service of summons or notices or the expenses of the witnesses in any case or the fee payable in respect of any matter not referred to in the preceding rule shall be such amount as may be specified in each case by the Court; and such amount or any other sum of money payable under these rules shall be paid in such manner and within such time as it may specify therefore;

(ii) any amount which is left over after meeting the expenses, if any, for which it was intended shall be returned by the Court to the party by whom or on whose behalf the amount was originally paid into the Court;

(iii) the Court shall maintain proper accounts of the amount received and disbursed under sub-rule (1).

(3) Fees and costs of poor persons- The Court may, whenever it thinks fit, receive and register proceedings instituted under the Code and applications made under these rules, by persons who are paupers, and may issue summons or notice on behalf of such persons, without payment or on a part payment of the fees and costs mentioned in Rule 46 and Rule 48.