Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application.
The Maharashtra Court-fees ActState Act of Maharashtra · Act 36 of 1959
(1) This Act may be called [the Maharashtra Court-fees Act].
(2) It extends to the whole of the [State of Maharashtra].
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to fees or stamps relating to documents presented or to be presented before any officer serving under the Central Government.
(5) In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary nothing in this Act shall affect any special law now in force relating to fees taken in the courts and public offices.
Short title, extent, commencement and application.
Jurisdiction
State of Maharashtra
Status
In 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.
other, Mah 24 of 2012. This short title was amended for "Bombay Court-fees Act, 1959" by Mah 24 of 2012, s.2, Schedule, entry 77, w.e.f.1-5-1960.
substituted. These words were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
other. 1st day of August 1959 (vide G.N., H.D., No. CFA. 1056-III (a), dated 15th July 1959.)
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