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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XXXIII: Suits By Indigent Persons

Order XXXIII Rule 14 CPC: Recovery of amount of court-fees

Bare Act text

[14. Recovery of amount of court-fees.—Where an order is made under rule 10, rule 11 or rule 11A, the court shall forthwith cause a copy of the decree or order to be forwarded to the Collector who may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, recover the amount of court-fees specified therein from the person or property liable for the payment as if it were an arrear or land revenue.]

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Where an order is made under rule 10, rule 11 or rule 11A, the Court must forthwith send a copy of the decree or order to the Collector. The Collector may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, recover the court-fees specified from the person or property liable for payment as if they were an arrear of land revenue.

Order XXXIII: Suits By Indigent Persons

  1. 1 Suits may be instituted by indigent persons
  2. 1A Inquiry into the means of an indigent person
  3. 2 Contents of application
  4. 3 Presentation of application
  5. 4 Examination of applicant
  6. 5 Rejection of application
  7. 6 Notice of day for receiving evidence of applicant’s indigency
  8. 7 Procedure at hearing
  9. 8 Procedure if application admitted
  10. 9 Withdrawal of permission to sue as an indigent person
  11. 9A Court to assign a pleader to an unrepresented indigent person
  12. 10 Costs where indigent person succeeds
  13. 11 Procedure where indigent person fails
  14. 11A Procedure where indigent person’s suit abates
  15. 12 State Government may apply for payment of court-fees
  16. 13 State Government to be deemed a party
  17. 14 Recovery of amount of court-fees
  18. 15 Refusal to allow applicant to sue as an indigent person to bar subsequent application of like nature
  19. 15A Grant of time for payment of court-fee
  20. 16 Costs
  21. 17 Defence by an indigent person
  22. 18 Power of Government to provide for free legal services to indigent persons
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