(1) The provisions of the Court Fees Act, 1870 shall apply in respect of applications or appeals to be presented before the Rent Authority or the Rent Court or the Rent Tribunal, as the case may be.
(2) For the purposes of computation of court fees, the application for recovery of possession made to the Rent Court and the memorandum of appeals presented before the Rent Tribunal, shall be deemed to be a suit between the landlord and the tenant.
(3) The court fees for the application filed before the Rent Authority shall be same as that of an interlocutory application presented in a civil court.
42. Every member of the Rent Authority, the Rent Court and the Rent Tribunal appointed under this Regulation shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
43. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person, the Rent Authority, the Rent Court or the Rent Tribunal in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Regulation.
44. Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Regulation shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force in the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
Execution of order.
Officers and other employees of Rent Authority, Rent Court and Rent Tribunal.
Jurisdiction of civil courts barred in respect of certain matters.
Court fees.
Members, etc., to be public servants.
7 of 1870.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
Regulation in addition to and not in derogation of any other law.
45 of 1860.
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 15