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Section 19J: Recovery of penalties, etc.

The Court-Fees Act, 1870Central Act · Act 7 of 1870

[19J. Recovery of penalties, etc.-- (1) Any excess fee found to be payable on any inquiry held under section 19H, sub-section (6), and any penalty or forfeiture under section 19G, may, on the certificate of the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority, be recovered from the executor or administrator as if it were an arrear of land-revenue by any Collector ***.

(2) The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may remit the whole or any part of any such penalty or forfeiture as aforesaid, or any part of any penalty under section 19E or of any court-fee under section 19E in excess of the full court-fee which ought to have been paid.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Court-Fees Act, 1870
Section19J
Marginal noteRecovery of penalties, etc.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted, Act 11 of 1899. . Ins. by Act 11 of 1899, s 2.
  • repealed. . The words "in any part of British India" rep by the A.O. 1948.

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